Dictionary entry

Noctuid

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Noc″tu‐id (?), n. [From L. nox, noctis, night.] (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous moths of the family Noctuidæ, or Noctuælitæ, as the cutworm moths, and armyworm moths; — so called because they fly at night. — a. Of or pertaining to the noctuids, or family Noctuidæ.