| 单词 | geometric caterpillar |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgeometric caterpillar geometric caterpillar n. the caterpillar of a geometrid moth (cf. geometer n. 4). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Geometridae > class of caterpillars > member of surveyor1682 looper1731 span-worm1820 geometric caterpillar1835 measuring worm1843 span-worm1852 inch-worma1861 measurer1868 loop-worm1880 1835 J. Rennie & J. O. Westwood Nat. Hist. Insects II. iii. 70 Its mode of walking somewhat resembles that of the geometric caterpillars. 1901 A. S. Packard Lamarck 221 Rösel von Rosenhof..describes the resemblance which geometric caterpillars, and also certain moths when in repose, present to dry twigs. 1994 E. Ford & M. Kandel tr. S. Lem Peace on Earth 47 On the assembly line worked robots painted yellow, green, and blue, their articulated arms extending like geometric caterpillars. < as lemmas |
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