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    FAMILY NOCTUIDAE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Cutworms; armywormsplay

    Synonyms:

    family Noctuidae; Noctuidae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    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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