measuring worm

English

Etymology

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

Noun

measuring worm (plural measuring worms)

1. The larva of a moth of the family Geometridae.

Synonyms

• geometrid
• inchworm
• looper
• spanworm

Translations

larva

• Bulgarian: педомерка f (pedomerka)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 尺蠖 (zh) (chǐhuò)

• Finnish: mittarimato (fi)
• Japanese: 尺蠖 (shakkaku), 尺取り虫 (shakutorimushi)
• Kazakh: мүр көбелек (mür köbelek)
• Korean: 자벌레 (jabeolle)
• Maori: whangawhanga, tāwhanawhana, tāwhana
• Navajo: wóóshiyishí, wónaalchʼilí
• Portuguese: medideira f, lagarta mede-palmos f, marca-passo (pt) f, bicho agrimensor m
• Russian: гу́сеница (ru) f (gúsenica) (пя́деницы крыжо́вниковой)
• Ukrainian: п'яду́н m (pʺjadún)
• Vietnamese: sâu đo (vi)