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. [1913 Webster]