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pyralid
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun pyralid has 1 sense
- pyralid(n = noun.animal) pyralid moth - usually tropical slender-bodied long-legged moth whose larvae are crop pests; Array is a kind of moth
is a member of family pyralidae, family pyralididae, pyralidae, pyralididae
has particulars: bee moth, galleria mellonella, wax moth, corn borer, corn borer moth, european corn borer moth, pyrausta nubilalis, anagasta kuehniella, mediterranean flour moth, cacao moth, ephestia elutella, tobacco moth, almond moth, cadra cautella, fig moth, cadra figulilella, raisin moth
CIDE DICTIONARY
pyralid, n. [L. pyralis, -idis, a kind of winged insect.].
Any moth of the family Pyralidæ . The species are numerous and mostly small, but some of them are very injurious, as the bee moth, meal moth, hop moth, and clover moth. [1913 Webster]
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