looper

loop·er

L0247900 (lo͞o′pər)n.1. One that makes loops.2. See inchworm.

looper

(ˈluːpə) n1. a person or thing that loops or makes loops2. (Animals) another name for a measuring worm

loop•er

(ˈlu pər)

n. 1. a person or thing that loops something or forms loops. 2. a measuringworm. [1725–35]

Thesaurus

Noun

looper - small hairless caterpillar having legs on only its front and rear segments; mostly larvae of moths of the family Geometridaeinchworm, measuring wormcaterpillar - a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth

looper

looper,

name for caterpillars that move with a looping motion, including the inchworminchworm,
name for the larvae of moths of the family Geometridae, a large, cosmopolitan group with over 1,200 species indigenous to North America. Also called measuring worms, spanworms, and loopers, inchworms lack appendages in the middle portion of their body, causing them to
..... Click the link for more information. and the cabbage loopercabbage looper,
moth larva, Trichoplusia ni, that feeds by night on the leaves of cabbage and related plants and is a serious agricultural pest. Like the inchworms (of another moth family), cabbage loopers lack walking appendages in the middle of the body and progress by
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looper

noun

Synonyms for looper

noun small hairless caterpillar having legs on only its front and rear segments

Synonyms

inchworm
measuring worm

Related Words

caterpillar

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