Hypertext Webster Gateway: "noctuid"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Noctuid \Noc"tu*id\, n. [From L. nox, noctis, night.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of numerous moths of the family {Noctuid[ae]}, or
{Noctu[ae]lit[ae]}, as the cutworm moths, and armyworm moths;
-- so called because they fly at night. -- a. Of or
pertaining to the noctuids, or family {Noctuid[ae]}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
noctuid
n : usually dull-colored medium-sized nocturnal moth; the
usually smooth-bodied larvae are destructive agricultural
pests [syn: {noctuid moth}, {owlet moth}]
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