Noctua

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See also: noctua

Translingual

Noctua pronuba

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Noctua f

A taxonomic genus within the family Noctuidae – the yellow underwing moths.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Lepidoptera – order; Glossata – suborder; Heteroneura – infraorder; Ditrysia – division; Cossina – section; Bombycina – subsection; Noctuoidea – superfamily; Noctuidae – family; Noctuinae - subfamily; Noctuini - tribe; Noctuina - subtribe

Hyponyms

(genus): Noctua pronuba - type species; Noctua cataphanes, Noctua comes, Noctua craccae, Noctua dilucida, Noctua fimbriata, Noctua genistae, Noctua interjecta, Noctua interposita, Noctua janthe, Noctua janthina, Noctua noacki, Noctua orbona, Noctua peponis, Noctua procax, Noctua saucia, Noctua socrus, Noctua spectrum, Noctua tertia, Noctua variegata, Noctua viciae, Noctua warreni - other species

Derived terms

Micronoctua

Further reading

Noctua (moth) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Noctua Linnaeus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Noctua on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Latin

Etymology

From noctua (“owl”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈnok.tu.a/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈnok.tu.a/,

Proper noun

Noctua m sg (genitive Noctuae); first declension

A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
1. Quintus Caedicius Noctua, a Roman consul

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Noctua
genitive	Noctuae
dative	Noctuae
accusative	Noctuam
ablative	Noctuā
vocative	Noctua

References

Noctua in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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