'Noctuid' definitions:

Definition of 'noctuid'

(from WordNet)
noun
Usually dull-colored medium-sized nocturnal moth; the usually smooth-bodied larvae are destructive agricultural pests [syn: noctuid moth, noctuid, owlet moth]

Definition of 'Noctuid'

From: GCIDE
  • Noctuid \Noc"tu*id\, n. [From L. nox, noctis, night.] (Zool.) Any one of numerous moths of the family Noctuidae, or Noctuaelitae, as the cutworm moths, and armyworm moths; -- so called because they fly at night. -- a. Of or pertaining to the noctuids, or family Noctuidae. [1913 Webster]

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