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phalaenid

phalaenid noun: any moth of the former family Phalaenidae, now mostly classified in the Noctuidae and related families.

Noun

phalaenid (plural phalaenids)

  1. (obsolete) Any moth of the former family Phalaenidae, now mostly classified in the Noctuidae and related families.

Forms of phalaenid

pluralphalaenids

Origin of phalaenid

Ancient Greek a kind of moth.

Questions about phalaenid

What does phalaenid mean?
Phalaenid means any moth of the former family Phalaenidae, now mostly classified in the Noctuidae and related families.
What part of speech is phalaenid?
Phalaenid is a noun.
What is the plural of phalaenid?
The plural of phalaenid is phalaenids.

Words near phalaenid in the dictionary

  1. phalacrocoracids
  2. phalacrocoracine
  3. phalacrosis
  4. Phalaecean
  5. Phalaecus
  6. phalaenid
  7. phalaenids
  8. phalaenophily
  9. phalaenopsid
  10. phalaenopsids
  11. phalaenopsine

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