noctuid

Noun

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

usually dull-colored medium-sized nocturnal moth; the usually smooth-bodied larvae are destructive agricultural pestsSynonyms: noctuid moth owlet moth

Webster's Dictionary (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]