looper Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun small hairless caterpillar having legs on only its front and rear segments; mostly larvae of moths of the family Geometridae
    measuring worm; inchworm.

WordNet


Loop"er noun
Definitions
  1. An instrument, as a bodkin, for forming a loop in yarn, a cord, etc.
  2. (Zoöl.) The larva of any species of geometrid moths. See Geometrid.

Webster 1913