HyperDic: measuring_worm

English > 1 sense of the expression measuring worm:
NOUNanimalmeasuring worm, inchworm, loopersmall hairless caterpillar having legs on only its front and rear segments
English > measuring worm: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningsmall hairless caterpillar having legs on only its front and rear segments; mostly larvae of moths of the family Geometridae.
Synonymsinchworm, looper
BroadercaterpillarA wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth

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