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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. usually dull-colored medium-sized nocturnal moth; the usually smooth-bodied larvae are destructive agricultural pests;
[syn: noctuid moth, noctuid, owlet moth]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Owlet \Owl"et\, n. [Dim. of owl. Cf. Howlet.] (Zool.) A small owl; especially, the European species (Athene noctua), and the California flammulated owlet (Megascops flammeolus). [1913 Webster] Owlet moth (Zool.), any noctuid moth. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

owlet moth n 1: usually dull-colored medium-sized nocturnal moth; the usually smooth-bodied larvae are destructive agricultural pests [syn: noctuid moth, noctuid, owlet moth]