noctuid

POS

Adjective, Noun

HYPHEN

noc=tu=id

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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

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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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