INCHWORM

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small hairless caterpillar having legs on only its front and rear segments; mostly larvae of moths of the family Geometridae

Synonyms:

inchworm; looper; measuring worm

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("inchworm" is a kind of...):

caterpillar (a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth)

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