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Definitions
A moth from a large mostly nocturnal family, many with crop-feeding caterpillars.
Word origin
From translingual Noctuidae, from Latin noctua (“owl”, literally “nocturnal one”) + -id.
Used in a sentence
“Mr. H. McKnight, who resides at Goldstream, took a number of noctuids in September, feeding on hops.”
“The total wing area of these moths were essentially the same (geometrids = 3.8 cm²; noctuids = 3.6. cm²). Consequently, wing-loading of the noctuids was about twice as high as in the geometrids.”
“Noctuids are renowned for their propensity for carnivory in general, and for cannibalism in particular (Gould et al. 1980).”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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