notodontidae

\\ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈdäntəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Notodonta, type genus (from not- (I) + -odonta) + -idae

: 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