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inchworm (n.)
[inchworm 词源字典]
1844, American English, from
inch
(v.) +
worm
(n.). Other old names for it included
loaper caterpiller
and
surveyor
, all from its mode of progress.
[inchworm etymology, inchworm origin, 英语词源]
[inchworm 词源字典]