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Noctuid

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any moth in the species-rich family Noctuidae or the superfamily Noctuoidea.

    "Mr. H. McKnight, who resides at Goldstream, took a number of noctuids in September, feeding on hops."

  2. 2
    usually dull-colored medium-sized nocturnal moth; the usually smooth-bodied larvae are destructive agricultural pests wordnet

Etymology

From translingual Noctuidae, from Latin noctua (“owl”, literally “nocturnal one”) + -id.

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