Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pyralid"
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) 1.7 (wn)
pyralid
n : usually tropical slender-bodied long-legged moth whose
larvae are crop pests [syn: {pyralid moth}]
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