PALEACRITA

Meaning of PALEACRITA in English

ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈakrəd.ə noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin

: a genus of geometrid moths that contains the spring cankerworm

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

CANKERWORM — noun Date: 1530 either of two geometrid moths ( Alsophila pometaria and Paleacrita vernata ) and especially their larvae which …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SPRING CANKERWORM — noun : the variably colored looper larva of a widespread No. American geometrid moth ( Paleacrita vernata ) that largely …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CANKERWORM — /kang"keuhr werrm'/ , n. the striped, green caterpillar of any of several geometrid moths: a foliage pest of various fruit …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CANKERWORM — noun Date: 1530 : either of two geometrid moths ( Alsophila pometaria and Paleacrita vernata ) and especially their larvae …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CANKERWORM — [can.ker.worm] n (1530): either of two geometrid moths (Alsophila pometaria and Paleacrita vernata) and esp. their larvae which are serious …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MEASURING WORM — also called Looper, Cankerworm, or Inchworm (family Geometridae), larva of any member of a large, cosmopolitan class of moths (order …
Britannica English vocabulary