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looper
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun looper has 1 sense
- looper(n = noun.animal) inchworm, measuring worm - small hairless caterpillar having legs on only its front and rear segments; mostly larvae of moths of the family Geometridae; Array is a kind of caterpillar
CIDE DICTIONARY
looper, n.
- An instrument, as a bodkin, for forming a loop in yarn, a cord, etc. [1913 Webster]
- The larva of any species of geometrid moths. See Geometrid. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
looper, n.
1 a caterpillar of the geometer moth which progresses by arching itself into loops.
2 a device for making loops.
1 a caterpillar of the geometer moth which progresses by arching itself into loops.
2 a device for making loops.
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