noctuid
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.21 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Any moth in the species-rich family Noctuidae or the superfamily Noctuoidea.
Example Sentences
- "Mr. H. McKnight, who resides at Goldstream, took a number of noctuids in September, feeding on hops."
- "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."
- "Noctuids are renowned for their propensity for carnivory in general, and for cannibalism in particular (Gould et al. 1980)."
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.