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noctuid
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun noctuid has 1 sense
- noctuid(n = noun.animal) noctuid moth, owlet moth - usually dull-colored medium-sized nocturnal moth; the usually smooth-bodied larvae are destructive agricultural pests; Array is a kind of moth
is a member of family noctuidae, noctuidae
has particulars: underwing, antler moth, cerapteryx graminis, heliothis moth, heliothis zia, armyworm, pseudaletia unipuncta, spodoptera exigua, spodoptera frugiperda
CIDE DICTIONARY
noctuid, n. [From L. nox, noctis, night.].
Any one of numerous moths of the family Noctuidæ , or Noctuælitæ , as the cutworm moths, and armyworm moths; -- so called because they fly at night. [1913 Webster]
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