See Also: noctuid(medicine)
noctuid(dictionary)

noctuid (iou)



noctuid adjective & noun. L19.
[from NOCTUA + -ID3.]
Entomology.
A. adjective. Of, pertaining to, or designating the family Noctuidae of large and medium-sized moths, which are mostly night-flying and brownish in colour, with paler hindwings and an eyelike spot on the forewings. L19.
b. noun. A moth of this family. Also called miller-moth, owlet-moth. L19.