INCHWORMS Synonyms
There are 5 hypernyms of the word inchworms. (close relations)
Definition of INCHWORMS
Best Alternative Words for INCHWORMS
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| caterpillars | nounn | |||||||
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 | nounn | |||||||
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 | nounn | |||||||
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, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • small hairless caterpillar having legs on only its front and rear segments; mostly larvae of moths of the family Geometridae | ||||||||
| measuring worm | nounn | |||||||
noun • small hairless caterpillar having legs on only its front and rear segments; mostly larvae of moths of the family Geometridae | ||||||||
| geometrid | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • slender-bodied broad-winged moth whose larvae are called measuring worms | ||||||||
| spanworm | nounn | |||||||
noun • A measuring worm or inchworm (Lepidoptera, Geometridae) | ||||||||
