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inchworm::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | looper, measuring worm |
| Type of | caterpillar |
Examples of inchworm
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There was one with no arms and legs that moved around like an inchworm, but very fast.
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By using its mouth and its back-end sucker, the worms can move rather like inchworm caterpillars.
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The larvae move by arching their backs like an inchworm.
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It moves by rolling, log-style, or by lifting its head or tail, inchworm-like, and muscling itself forward.
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Inchworm shoes grow in half size increments.
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Its creators say it was built to look like a gigantic inchworm or an elephant's trunk and has an oversized eye at one end.
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One must edge forward like the inchworm, bit by bit.
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Then, in the darkness, I grab a rope and inchworm 50 feet up the almond tree she's been sleeping in for more than two weeks.
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Tho's inchworm approach to a settlement has been more cautious than his own progress through his country's Communist Party.
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- Measuring worm: small hairless caterpillar having legs on only its front and rear segments; mostly larvae of moths of the family Geometridae
- "Inchworm", also known as "The Inch Worm", is a song originally performed by Danny Kaye in the 1952 film Hans Christian Andersen. It was written by Frank Loesser.
- The Inchworm was a ride-on toy for children produced by the Hasbro Corporation beginning in the early 1970s. A scooter with yellow wheels in the shape of a green caterpillar wearing a yellow hat, the Inchworm was jointed under the saddle so its wheelbase could expand and contract. ...
- A technique of short draw drafting.
