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单词 geometrid
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
ge•om•e•trid  ( jē omi trid),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. Insectsbelonging or pertaining to the family Geometridae, comprising slender-bodied, broad-winged moths, the larvae of which are called measuring worms.

n. 
  1. Insectsa geometrid moth.
  • Neo-Latin Geometridae, equivalent. to Geometr(a) a genus name (see geometer; so called because the larva seems to measure the ground with its looping motion) + -idae -id2
  • 1860–65

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
geometrid /dʒɪˈɒmɪtrɪd/ n
  1. any moth of the family Geometridae, the larvae of which are called measuring worms, inchworms, or loopers
Etymology: 19th Century: from New Latin Geōmetridae, from Latin, from Greek geometrēs: land measurer, from the looping gait of the larvae
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