English-Thai Dictionary
pyralid
N ผีเสื้อ กลางคืน พวก Pyralidae
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
PYRALID
Pyr "a *lid, n. Etym: [L. pyralis, -idis, a kind of winged insect. ](Zoöl.)
Defn: Any moth of the family Pyralidæ. 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.
New American Oxford Dictionary
pyralid
pyr a lid |ˈpīrəˌlid ˈpɪrəlɪd | ▶noun Entomology an insect of a family (Pyralidae ) of small delicate moths with narrow forewings. The larvae of many species are pests of stored foodstuffs. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: from modern Latin Pyralidae (plural ), based on Greek puralis, denoting a mythical fly said to live in fire.
Oxford Dictionary
pyralid
pyralid |pʌɪˈralɪd, -ˈreɪl -| ▶noun Entomology an insect of a family (Pyralidae ) of small delicate moths with narrow forewings. The larvae of many species are pests of stored foodstuffs. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: from modern Latin Pyralidae (plural ), based on Greek puralis, denoting a mythical fly said to live in fire.
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