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FAMILY GEOMETRIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Measuring worms

Synonyms:

family Geometridae; Geometridae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("family Geometridae" is a kind of...):

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "family 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 ("family Geometridae" is a member of...):

Lepidoptera; order Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies)

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