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Measuring worm

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The larva of a moth of the family Geometridae.
  2. 2
    small hairless caterpillar having legs on only its front and rear segments; mostly larvae of moths of the family Geometridae wordnet

Etymology

So called because their gradual movement seems to be measuring the ground; compare inchworm.

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