pyralid
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py·ral·id
(pī-răl'ĭd, pĭr'ə-lĭd) 
also py·ral·i·did (pī-răl'ĭ-dĭd)
n.
Any of numerous small or medium-sized moths of the diverse, widely distributed family Pyralidae.
adj.
Of or belonging to the family Pyralidae.
also py·ral·i·did (pī-răl'ĭ-dĭd)n.
Any of numerous small or medium-sized moths of the diverse, widely distributed family Pyralidae.
adj.
Of or belonging to the family Pyralidae.
[From New Latin Pyralidae, family name, from Pyralis, type genus, from Greek puralis, puralid-, an insect said to live in fire, from pūr, fire. See pyre.]
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