Notodontidae
plural noun
No·to·don·ti·dae
Definition of Notodontidae
: an extensive family of moths which resemble the Noctuidae but are distinguished from them chiefly by the venation of the forewings and whose larvae are usually naked and often of grotesque form with humps, spines, or fleshy processes — compare lobster moth, puss moth
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Origin and Etymology of notodontidae
New Latin, from Notodonta, type genus (from 1not- + -odonta) + -idae
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