noun
usually dull-colored medium-sized nocturnal moth; the usually smooth-bodied larvae are destructive agricultural pests
• Syn: ↑noctuid moth, ↑noctuid
• Hypernyms: ↑moth
• Hyponyms:
↑underwing, ↑antler moth, ↑Cerapteryx graminis, ↑heliothis moth, ↑Heliothis zia, ↑armyworm, ↑Pseudaletia unipuncta, ↑Spodoptera exigua, ↑Spodoptera frugiperda
• Member Holonyms: ↑Noctuidae, ↑family Noctuidae
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noun : a moth of the family Noctuidae
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noctuid (def. 1).
[1860-65]
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owlet moth,
a noctuid moth.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.