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    OWLET MOTH

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Usually dull-colored medium-sized nocturnal moth; the usually smooth-bodied larvae are destructive agricultural pestsplay

    Synonyms:

    noctuid; noctuid moth; owlet moth

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    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("owlet moth" is a kind of...):

    moth (typically crepuscular or nocturnal insect having a stout body and feathery or hairlike antennae)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "owlet moth"):

    underwing (moth having dull forewings and brightly colored hind wings)

    antler moth; Cerapteryx graminis (European moth with white antler-like markings on the forewings; the larvae damage pastures and grasslands)

    heliothis moth; Heliothis zia (medium-sized moth whose larvae are corn earworms)

    armyworm; Pseudaletia unipuncta (moth whose destructive larvae travel in multitudes)

    Spodoptera exigua (moth whose larvae are beet armyworms)

    Spodoptera frugiperda (moth whose larvae are fall armyworms)

    Holonyms ("owlet moth" is a member of...):

    family Noctuidae; Noctuidae (cutworms; armyworms)

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