† geometrideousadj.
Entomology. Obsolete.
= geometrid adj.
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geometrideous1836
geometrid1865
1836 Jrnl. of Proc. in Trans. Entomol. Soc. London 1 p. xviii Mr. G. R. Gray exhibited several specimens of a Geometrideous Larva from China.
1865 Trans. Entomol. Soc. 3rd Ser. 2 i. 89 The imago of a species of an undetermined Geometrideous genus.
1891 Gardeners' Chron. 24 Jan. 123/1 The ‘worms’ sent, which have infested your Ivies in your covered tennis-court are the looper caterpillars of a small geometrideous moth.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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