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Definition of Geometrid moth

1. Noun. Slender-bodied broad-winged moth whose larvae are called measuring worms.

Definition of Geometrid moth

1. Noun. (zoology) Any of the various moths of the family ''Geometridae''. ¹

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Literary usage of Geometrid moth

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Half Hours with Insects by Alpheus Spring Packard (1877)
"... the Papilio or swallow-tailed butterfly is very closely mimicked, both in form and color, by' the highly colored swallow-tailed geometrid moth, Urania, ..."

2. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1904)
"... which, added to their irregular flight, renders them difficult to catch. I well remember when on the Labrador coast in 1864, where the geometrid moth, ..."

3. Nature Sketches in Temperate America: A Series of Sketches and Popular by Joseph Lane Hancock (1911)
"... markings in simulation of a dried, rolled leaf 89 Datana Caterpillars grouped at the top of a branch in simulation of a flower 91 geometrid moth. ..."

4. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1902)
"Caterpillar or measuring-worm of a geometrid moth in an erect und stiffened position simulating a dead twig. 16. Part« of a pupa (chrysalis of a ..."

5. The Natural History of Secession by Thomas Shepard Goodwin (1865)
"It is like a geometrid moth in form, and may easily be mistaken for one. The Genus Arctia has the body thick, and the larvae have whorls of long hairs and ..."

6. Organic Evolution: A Text Book by Richard Swann Lull (1917)
"... in the color and form, but as action precedes the inaction of the mimicking pose it is also in part a conscious one. Yet another geometrid moth, ..."

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