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inchworm
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inch·worm  (nchwûrm)
n.
See measuring worm.
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Noun1.inchworminchworm - small hairless caterpillar having legs on only its front and rear segments; mostly larvae of moths of the family Geometridae
looper, measuring worm
caterpillar - a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth


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