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GEOMETRIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Geometridae mean?
• GEOMETRIDAE (noun)
The noun GEOMETRIDAE has 1 sense:
1. measuring worms
Familiarity information: GEOMETRIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Measuring worms
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Geometridae; Geometridae
Hypernyms ("Geometridae" is a kind of...):
arthropod family (any of the arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "Geometridae"):
geometrid; geometrid moth (slender-bodied broad-winged moth whose larvae are called measuring worms)
genus Paleacrita; Paleacrita; Alsophila; genus Alsophila (geometrid moths)
cankerworm (green caterpillar of a geometrid moth; pest of various fruit and shade trees)
Holonyms ("Geometridae" is a member of...):
Lepidoptera; order Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies)
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