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noctuoid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
noc-tuoid
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any moth of the superfamily Noctuoidea

Etymology

From Latin noctua (“owl”, literally “nocturnal one”) + -oid.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

noctuoids (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

noctuid

Questions

What does noctuoid mean?
Any moth of the superfamily Noctuoidea
Where does noctuoid come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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