no to dont a

[Pref. no to-, and Greek odous (gen it. odontos ) = a tooth.] Entom.: The typical genus of the family No to dont i dae (q. v.). No to dont a ziczac is the Pebble Prominent, a large moth, having the fore-wings pale reddish-brown, dusted with white in the middle; large, oblique, rusty-brown, central lunule behind; hinder wings whitish, dusted with pale brown. The larva has humps on the sixth, seventh, and twelfth segments. It feeds on willows and poplars. nō-to-don-ti-dæ, s . pl . [Mod. Lat. no to dont (a); Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -ida .] Entom. A family of Moths, group, Bombycina. Antennse longer than the thorax; pectinated in the male, abdomen thick; the upper wings often with a projecting tuft of feathers on the inner margin, on which account some of them are called Prominent Moths. Larve often with a projection on the back of the twelfth segment. Not-o-gæ -a, s. [Gr. notos=the south or southwest wind, and gaia , poet. for ge =the earth.] Zool. & Geol.: That part of the earth's surface 2867