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pyralid

py·ral·id [ pírrəlid ] (plural py·ral·ids)


noun 
Definition:
 
slender moth: a small or medium-sized, slender moth with long triangular forewings. Family Pyralidae.

[Late 19th century. < modern Latin Pyralidae< Greek puralis "mythical fly said to live in fire" < pur "fire"]

py·ral·id adjective
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