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FAMILY NOCTUIDAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cutworms; armyworms
Synonyms:
family Noctuidae; Noctuidae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("family Noctuidae" is a kind of...):
arthropod family (any of the arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "family Noctuidae"):
noctuid; noctuid moth; owlet moth (usually dull-colored medium-sized nocturnal moth; the usually smooth-bodied larvae are destructive agricultural pests)
cutworm (North American moth whose larvae feed on young plant stems cutting them off at the ground)
genus Noctua; Noctua (type genus of the Noctuidae: moths whose larvae are cutworms)
Catacala; genus Catacala (moths whose larvae are cutworms: underwings)
Cerapteryx; genus Cerapteryx (antler moths)
genus Heliothis; Heliothis (a genus of Noctuidae)
Chorizagrotis; genus Chorizagrotis (moths whose larvae are army cutworms)
genus Pseudaletia; Pseudaletia; genus Spodoptera; Spodoptera (moths whose larvae are armyworms)
corn earworm; cotton bollworm; Heliothis zia; tobacco budworm; tomato fruitworm; vetchworm (larva of a noctuid moth; highly destructive to especially corn and cotton and tomato crops)
Holonyms ("family Noctuidae" is a member of...):
Lepidoptera; order Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies)
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