noun
Meaning 1
The larva of a moth of the family Geometridae.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
measuring worm
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noun
Meaning 2
small hairless caterpillar having legs on only its front and rear segments; mostly larvae of moths of the family Geometridae
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: inchworm, looper
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: caterpillar
History
Etymology
So called because their gradual movement seems to be measuring the ground; compare inchworm.
Across languages
Translations
20 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: педомерка (pedomerka) — larva
- Chinese Mandarin: 尺蠖 (chǐhuò) — larva
- Finnish: mittarimato — larva
- Japanese: 尺蠖 (shakkaku) — larva
- Japanese: 尺取り虫 (shakutorimushi) — larva
- Kazakh: мүр көбелек (mür köbelek) — larva
- Korean: 자벌레 (jabeolle) — larva
- Māori: whangawhanga — larva
- Māori: tāwhanawhana — larva
- Māori: tāwhana — larva
- Navajo: wóóshiyishí — larva
- Navajo: wónaalchʼilí — larva
- Polish: miernikowiec — larva
- Portuguese: medideira — larva
- Portuguese: lagarta mede-palmos — larva
- Portuguese: marca-passo — larva
- Portuguese: bicho agrimensor — larva
- Russian: гу́сеница (gúsenica) — larva
- Ukrainian: п'яду́н (pʺjadún) — larva
- Vietnamese: sâu đo — larva