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    FAMILY GEOMETRIDAE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Measuring wormsplay

    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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