pyralid

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pyralid

/pʌɪˈɹalɪd/ UK
/pʌɪˈɹeɪlɪd/ UK

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Borrowed from translingual Pyralidae.

noun pyralids

A moth of the family Pyralidae.

adjective more pyralid · most pyralid

Pertaining to the Pyralidae family of moths. They are often tiny, frequently brown and always challenging to identify but an average of one new species of pyralid moth each year is turning up in Britain, according to experts.

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@misc{pyralid_2026,
  title = {pyralid},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pyralid},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}