Found 2 items, similar to Pyralid.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: pyralid
pyralid
n : usually tropical slender-bodied long-legged moth whose
larvae are crop pests [syn:
pyralid moth]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Pyralid
Pyralid
\Pyr"a*lid\, n. [L. pyralis, -idis, a kind of winged
insect.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any moth of the family
Pyralid[ae]. 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.
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