LOOPER


Meaning of LOOPER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈlü-pər ]

noun

Date: 1731

1. : any of the usually rather small hairless caterpillars that are mostly larvae of moths (families Geometridae and Noctuidae) and move with a looping motion in which the hind prolegs draw the posterior body toward the front followed by forward extension by the anterior legs — called also inchworm

2. : one that loops

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.