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Meaning of "measuring worm" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MEASURING WORM

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MEASURING WORM

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Measuring worm is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MEASURING WORM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

measuring worm

Geometer moth

The geometer moths or Geometridae are a family of the order Lepidoptera. A very large family, it has around 35,000 species of moths described, and over 1400 species from six subclasses indigenous to North America. A well-known member is the Peppered Moth, Biston betularia, which has been subject of numerous studies in population genetics. Several other geometer moths are notorious pests.

Definition of measuring worm in the English dictionary

The definition of measuring worm in the dictionary is the larva of a geometrid moth: it has legs on its front and rear segments only and moves in a series of loops Also called: looper, inchworm.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MEASURING WORM

measured daywork
measuredly
measuredness
measureless
measurelessly
measurelessness
measurement
measurement ton
measurements
measurer
measures
measuring
measuring chain
measuring device
measuring glass
measuring jug
measuring rod
measuring spoon
measuring tape
meat

WORDS THAT END LIKE MEASURING WORM

acorn worm
African army worm
army worm
bladder worm
bristle worm
caddis worm
fall army worm
fan worm
Guinea worm
horsehair worm
mopani worm
nematode worm
palmer worm
palolo worm
ribbon worm
stomach worm
tongue worm
tube worm
vinegar worm
white worm
worm

Synonyms and antonyms of measuring worm in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «measuring worm» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MEASURING WORM

Find out the translation of measuring worm to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of measuring worm from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «measuring worm» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

测量蠕虫
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

gusano de medición
570 millions of speakers

English

measuring worm
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मापने कीड़ा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

دودة قياس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

измерения червь
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

verme medindo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কীট পরিমাপ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ver mesure
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mengukur cacing
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Mess Wurm
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

測定ワーム
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

측정 웜
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ukuran cacing
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đo sâu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

புழு அளவிடுதல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

जंत काढणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Solucanı ölçmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

verme di misura
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

robak pomiaru
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

виміру черв´як
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

vierme de măsurare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σκουλήκι μέτρηση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

meet wurm
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

mätning mask
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

måle ormen
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of measuring worm

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MEASURING WORM»

The term «measuring worm» is used very little and occupies the 188.282 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MEASURING WORM» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «measuring worm» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «measuring worm» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about measuring worm

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MEASURING WORM»

Discover the use of measuring worm in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to measuring worm and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Among the Meadow People
that he wanted to give the Measuring Worm a little the start, because then, you see, he could say he had won without half trying. The Measuring Worm started off at a good, steady rate, and when he had gone a few feet the Grasshopper gave a  ...
Clara Dillingham Pierson, 1897
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Annual Reports
Then, in the west there was a Black Measuring Worm that was friendly to me and came in answer to my entreaty. He came in four strides and in short broken lengths stood up as crotched posts. In the south there was a Blue Measuring Worm ...
United States. American Ethnology Bureau, 1908
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United States congressional serial set
Then, in the west there was a Black Measuring Worm that was friendty to me and came in answer to my entreaty. He came in four strides and in short broken lengths stood up as crotched posts. In the south there was a Blue Measuring Worm ...
United States. Congress, 1908
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Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of ...
(2) The rainbow is a deified animal having the attributes of a human being, yet also the body and some of the functions of a measuring worm Obviously, the striped back and arched attitude of the measuring worm, its sudden appearance and ...
Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of Ethnology, 1887
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Annual Report
(2) The rainbow is a deified animal having the attributes of a human being, yet also the body and some of the functions of a measuring worm Obviously, the striped back and arched attitude of the measuring worm, its sudden appearance and ...
Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology, John Wesley Powell, Matthew Williams Stirling, 1887
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The Religious Life of the Zuñi Child
(2) The rainbow is a deified animal having the attributes of a human being, yet also the body and some of the functions of a measuring worm Obviously, the striped back and arched attitude of the measuring worm, its sudden appearance and ...
Matilda Coxe Stevenson, 1887
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Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the ...
(2) The rainbow is a deified animal having the attributes of a human being, yet also the body and some of the functions of a measuring worm. Obviously, the striped back and arched attitude of the measuring worm, its sudden appearance and ...
‎1893
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On an injury to fruits by insects and birds ; The apple tree ...
Fig. 10.—A, Adult male of apple tree measuring worm; B, Adult female of same; C , Adult male of true canker worm. Natural size. Fig. 1l.—Pupze of apple measuring worm. X2. Fig. l2.—Pupae of apple measuring worm in partly rolled leaves.
Harrison Garman, 1904
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Clara Dillingham Pierson's Complete Among the People Series
The Measuring Worm nibbled only a little here and there, but he talked a great deal about the sweetness of the grass, and how they would not get any more for a long time because the hot weather would spoil it. And the Grasshopperssaid to  ...
Clara Dillingham Pierson, 2013
10
Moveable Feast: The Restored Edition
SoIthoughtof himas the Measuring Worm. It wasa kinder and more Christian term than what Ihadthought abouthim myself. Later I tried to like him and to be friends with him as I did with nearly all of Ezra's friends when he explained them tome.
Ernest Hemingway, 2014

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MEASURING WORM»

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Kids get 'wormy' at Hailey Elementary
Worm tea is described as "wormderful" for houseplants and videos show students measuring worm growth or collecting worm tea. Even the ... «Idaho Mountain Express and Guide, Mar 10»

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