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inchworm

[ inch-wurm ]

noun

  1. a caterpillar that moves along by bringing the rear end of its body forward and then advancing the front end, a motion known as looping; the larva of any geometrid moth. looper ( def 2 ).


inchworm

/ ˈɪԳʃˌɜː /

noun

  1. another name for a measuring worm
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of inchworm1

First recorded in 1860–65; inch 1 + worm
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This should make it possible for it to, for example, wander across a surface -- similar to an inchworm that pulls itself along a branch in its own characteristic style.

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And only a psychopath would raise a shoe to an inchworm, ladybug or other plausible picture-book protagonist.

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Consequently, elephant seals can only scooch like an inchworm, lifting their bodies high in the air, dragging in their hind flippers under that mass, and, finally, pulling themselves forward with their front limbs.

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Meanwhile, someone has been leaving Ellie a series of finely wrought wood carvings: a lamb, a flower, an inchworm, an acorn.

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It—or whoever was in it—arched like an inchworm, attempting to creep away.

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