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pyralid |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: pyralid n : usually tropical slender-bodied long-legged moth whose larvae are crop pests [syn: {pyralid moth}]
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