Found 2 items, similar to geometrid.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: geometrid geometrid n : slender-bodied broad-winged moth whose larvae are called measuring worms [syn: geometrid moth]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Geometrid Geometrid \Ge*om"e*trid\, a. (Zo["o]l.) Pertaining or belonging to the Geometrid[ae]. [1913 Webster] Geometrid \Ge*om"e*trid\, n. (Zo["o]l.) One of numerous genera and species of moths, of the family Geometrid[ae]; -- so called because their larv[ae] (called loopers, measuring worms, spanworms, and inchworms) creep in a looping manner, as if measuring. Many of the species are injurious to agriculture, as the cankerworms. [1913 Webster]