Noctuid

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Any of numerous, usually dull-colored night-flying moths of the family Noctuidae, having a well-developed proboscis for sucking nectar and larvae such as the cutworms and armyworms that are destructive to young trees and other crops. Also called owlet moth.
  • adj. Of, relating to, or belonging to the family Noctuidae.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Any moth of the family Noctuidae
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. 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.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A noctuid moth; one of the Noctuidæ.
  • Pertaining to the Noctuidæ. Also noctuidous.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. usually dull-colored medium-sized nocturnal moth; the usually smooth-bodied larvae are destructive agricultural pests
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    moth   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    owlet moth   
     
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