单词 | geometrid |
释义 | geometrid /jee om"i trid/, adj. 1. belonging or pertaining to the family Geometridae, comprising slender-bodied, broad-winged moths, the larvae of which are called measuring worms. n. 2. a geometrid moth. [1860-65; < NL Geometridae, equiv. to Geometr(a) a genus name (see GEOMETER; so called because the larva seems to measure the ground with its looping motion) + -idae -ID2] |
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