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Webster 1913 Edition

Noctuid

Noc′tu-id

,

Noun.

[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.

–

Adj.

Of or pertaining to the noctuids, or family

Noctuidae

.