单词 | noctuid |
释义 | noctuid /nok"chooh id/, n. 1. Also called owlet moth. any of numerous dull-colored moths of the family Noctuidae, the larvae of which include the armyworms and cutworms. adj. 2. belonging or pertaining to the family Noctuidae. [1875-80; < NL Noctuidae, equiv. to Noctu(a) a genus of European moths (L noctua the little owl, prob. n. use of fem. of *noctuus, equiv. to noct-, s. of nox NIGHT + -uus adj. suffix) + -idae -ID2] |
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