INCHWORMS Synonyms
5 hypernyms for inchworms. (close relations)
Best Synonyms for INCHWORMS
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| caterpillars | noun n | |||||
noun • a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth • a large tracked vehicle that is propelled by two endless metal belts; frequently used for moving earth in construction and farm work | ||||||
| larvae | noun n | |||||
noun • the immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose | ||||||
| worms | noun n | |||||
noun • any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes; also many insect larvae • a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect • a software program capable of reproducing itself that can spread from one computer to the next over a network • screw thread on a gear with the teeth of a worm wheel or rack verb • to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling) | ||||||
| looper | verb, noun v, n | |||||
noun • small hairless caterpillar having legs on only its front and rear segments; mostly larvae of moths of the family Geometridae | ||||||
| measuring worm | noun n | |||||
noun • small hairless caterpillar having legs on only its front and rear segments; mostly larvae of moths of the family Geometridae | ||||||
| geometrid | noun, adjective n, adj | |||||
noun • slender-bodied broad-winged moth whose larvae are called measuring worms | ||||||
| spanworm | noun n | |||||
noun • A measuring worm or inchworm (Lepidoptera, Geometridae) | ||||||