noun
cutworms; armyworms
• Syn: ↑family Noctuidae
• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Lepidoptera, ↑order Lepidoptera
• Member Meronyms:
↑noctuid moth, ↑noctuid, ↑owlet moth, ↑cutworm, ↑Noctua, ↑genus Noctua, ↑Catacala, ↑genus Catacala, ↑Cerapteryx, ↑genus Cerapteryx, ↑Heliothis, ↑genus Heliothis, ↑Chorizagrotis, ↑genus Chorizagrotis, ↑Pseudaletia, ↑genus Pseudaletia, ↑Spodoptera, ↑genus Spodoptera, ↑corn earworm, ↑cotton bollworm, ↑tomato fruitworm, ↑tobacco budworm, ↑vetchworm, ↑Heliothis zia
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\\näkˈtüəˌdē\ noun pluralUsage: capitalized
: a large nearly cosmopolitan family of medium-sized stout-bodied dull-colored night-flying moths with usually naked larvae that include many destructive agricultural pests (as the cutworms and armyworms) — see noctua, owlet moth; compare bollworm, cotton leafworm, dagger moth, underwing
Useful english dictionary. 2012.