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Noctuid

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(a.) Of or pertaining to the noctuids, or family Noctuidae.

(2):

(n.) 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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Noctuid'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​n/noctuid.html. 1828.