Found 2 items, similar to noctuid.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: noctuid noctuid n : usually dull-colored medium-sized nocturnal moth; the usually smooth-bodied larvae are destructive agricultural pests [syn: noctuid moth, owlet moth]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Noctuid Noctuid \Noc"tu*id\, n. [From L. nox, noctis, night.] (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous moths of the family Noctuid[ae], or Noctu[ae]lit[ae], as the cutworm moths, and armyworm moths; -- so called because they fly at night. -- a. Of or pertaining to the noctuids, or family Noctuid[ae]. [1913 Webster]