geometridae

English Thesaurus

1. measuring worms (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	arthropod family,
definition	:	any of the arthropods (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	geometrid, geometrid moth,
definition	:	slender-bodied broad-winged moth whose larvae are called measuring worms (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	genus paleacrita, paleacrita,
definition	:	geometrid moths (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	alsophila, genus alsophila,
definition	:	geometrid moths (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	cankerworm,
definition	:	green caterpillar of a geometrid moth; pest of various fruit and shade trees (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	lepidoptera, order lepidoptera,
definition	:	moths and butterflies (noun.animal)