measuring worm

English

So called because their gradual movement seems to be measuring the ground; compare inchworm.

measuring worm (plural measuring worms)

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Bulgarian: педомерка f (pedomerka)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 尺蠖 (zh) (chǐhuò)
Finnish: mittarimato (fi)
Japanese: 尺蠖 (shakkaku), 尺取り虫 (shakutorimushi)
Kazakh: мүр көбелек (mür köbelek)
Korean: 자벌레 (jabeolle)
Maori: whangawhanga, tāwhanawhana, tāwhana
Navajo: wóóshiyishí, wónaalchʼilí
Portuguese: medideira f, lagarta mede-palmos f, marca-passo (pt) f, bicho agrimensor m
Russian: гу́сеница (ru) f (gúsenica) (пя́деницы крыжо́вниковой)
Ukrainian: п'яду́н m (pʺjadún)
Vietnamese: sâu đo (vi)

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