Noctuid

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  noctuid
       n : usually dull-colored medium-sized nocturnal moth; the
           usually smooth-bodied larvae are destructive agricultural
           pests [syn: {noctuid moth}, {owlet moth}]