Definition of: noctuid

(nok′ch·id) noun
Any of a large family (Noctuidae) of medium-sized moths, especially those with stout bodies and shining eyes, as the army worm and the cutworm, whose larvae are very destructive pests.
—adjective Of or pertaining to the Noctuidae. [<NL <L noctua night owl]
—noc′tu·id′e·ous (-id′ē·əs) noc·tu′id·ous, noc·tu·oid (nok′ch·oid) adjective