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noctuid en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *nokʷt-ewder. Proto-Italic *noktowe Latin noctū Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *-os Archaic Latin -os Latin -us Latin *noctūus Latin noctuabor. Translingual Noctua Pre-Greekder. Ancient Greek -ῐς (-ĭs) Ancient Greek -ῐ́ς (-ĭ́s) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Proto-Hellenic *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ίδης (-ídēs)bor. Latin -idēsbor. ▲ Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs)influ. Translingual -idae Translingual Noctuidaebor. English noctuid Borrowed from Translingual Noctuidae.

Meanings

1. Any moth in the species-rich family Noctuidae or the superfamily Noctuoidea.
   • 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. 1981, T. M. Casey, “Insect Flight Energetics”, in Clyde F. Herreid II, Charles R. Fourtner, editors, Locomotion and Energetics in Arthropods, page 432:
   • Mr. H. McKnight, who resides at Goldstream, took a number of noctuids in September, feeding on hops. 1916, British Columbia Provincial Museum, Report of the Provincial Museum of Natural History, page 462:
   • Noctuids are renowned for their propensity for carnivory in general, and for cannibalism in particular (Gould et al. 1980). 1993, Thomas C.R. White, The Inadequate Environment: Nitrogen and the Abundance of Animals, page 76:

Forms

Deriveds

noctuidous

Synonyms

owlet moth