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Noc"tu*a*ry (?; 135), n. [L.
noctu by night.] A record of what passes in the night; a
nightly journal; -- distinguished from diary. [R.]
Addison.

Noc"tu*id (?), n. [From L. nox,
noctis, night.] (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous
moths of the family Noctuidæ, or
Noctuælitæ, as the cutworm moths, and armyworm
moths; -- so called because they fly at night. --
a. Of or pertaining to the noctuids, or family
Noctuidæ.

Noc"tule (?; 135), n. [F., fr. L.
noctua a night owl, fr. nox, noctis, night.]
(Zoöl.) A large European bat (Vespertilio, or
Noctulina, altivolans).

Noc"turn (?), n. [F. nocturne,
fr. L. nocturnus. See Nocturnal, and cf.
Nocturne.] 1. An office of devotion, or
act of religious service, by night.

2. One of the portions into which the Psalter
was divided, each consisting of nine psalms, designed to be used at a
night service.


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