PYRALID

Meaning of PYRALID in English

[py.ral.id] n [ultim. fr. L pyralis, fly fabled as living in fire, fr. Gk, fr. pyr fire] (ca. 1890): any of a very large heterogeneous family (Pyralidae) of mostly small slender long-legged moths -- pyralid adj

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PYRALID — noun Etymology: ultimately from Latin pyralis, fly fabled as living in fire, from Greek, from pyr fire Date: 1870 any …
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PYRALID — I. adjective see pyralidid I II. noun see pyralidid II
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PYRALID — (n.) Any moth of the family Pyralidae. The species are numerous and mostly small, but some of them are very …
Английский словарь Webster
PYRALID — ( n. ) Any moth of the family Pyralidae. The species are numerous and mostly small, but some of them …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PYRALID — /pir"euh lid/ , n. 1. any of numerous slender-bodied moths of the family Pyralidae, having elongated triangular forewings, and in …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PYRALID — noun Etymology: ultimately from Latin pyralis, fly fabled as living in fire, from Greek, from pyr fire Date: 1870 : …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PYRALID — noun any moth of the family pyralidae. the species are numerous and mostly small, but some of them are very …
Webster English vocab
PYRALID — энт. огнёвка (Pyralidida) (энтомология) огневка (Pyralidida)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PYRALID — n энт. огнёвка ( Pyralidida )
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
PYRALID — энт. огнёвка (Pyralidida)
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PYRALID — (n) огневка
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
PYRALID — n энт. огнёвка ( Pyralidida )
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PYRALID — n энт. огнёвка ( Pyralidida )
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PYRALID — огнёвка; pl огнёвки (Pyralididae) - aquatic pyralids - coccid-eating pyralid
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PYRALID — огнёвка; pl огнёвки ( Pyralididae ) - aquatic pyralids - coccid-eating pyralid
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
PYRALID — энт. огнёвка (Pyralidida) (энтомология) огневка (Pyralidida)
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PYRALID — Pronunciation: p ī - ' ra-l ə d Function: noun Etymology: ultimately from Latin pyralis, fly fabled as living in …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
PYRALID MOTH — (family Pyralididae, or Pyralidae), any member of a worldwide insect family (order Lepidoptera), containing more than 20,000 species. Most pyralid …
Britannica English vocabulary
WAX MOTH — noun Date: 1766 a dull brownish or ashen pyralid moth ( Galleria mellonella ) with a larva that feeds on …
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SOUTHWESTERN CORN BORER — noun Date: 1943 a pyralid moth ( Diatraea grandiosella ) whose larva causes serious damage especially to corn crops by …
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MEDITERRANEAN FLOUR MOTH — noun Date: 1895 a small largely gray and black nearly cosmopolitan pyralid moth ( Anagasta kuehniella ) whose larva destroys …
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LESSER CORNSTALK BORER — noun Date: circa 1925 a pyralid moth ( Elasmopalpus lignosellus ) having slender greenish larvae that burrow in the stalk …
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PYRALIDID — I. -lədə̇d, |pirə|lidə̇d adjective or pyr·a·lid ˈpirələ̇d Etymology: pyralidid from New Latin Pyralididae; pyralid from New Latin Pyralidae : of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SOUTHWESTERN CORN BORER — noun : a pyralid moth ( Diatraea grandiosella ) whose larva causes serious damage especially to corn crops by boring …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PYRALIDOIDEA — ˌpirələ̇ˈdȯidēə, pə̇ˌraləˈ- noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Pyralid-, Pyralis + -oidea in some classifications : a superfamily …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PYRALIDIDAE — ˌpirəˈlidəˌdē noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Pyralid-, Pyralis, type genus + -idae 1. : a family of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
INDIAN MEAL MOTH — noun Usage: usually capitalized I Etymology: indian meal + moth : a small variably marked pyralid moth ( Plodia interpunctella …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BEAN-POD BORER — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷- noun : a larval pyralid moth ( Etiella zinckenella ) that feeds in the developing seeds of beans and …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ALFALFA WEBWORM — noun : the small greenish or blackish larva of a pyralid moth ( Loxostege commixtalis ) that feeds on and …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SUGARCANE BORER — the larva of the pyralid moth, Diatraea saccharalis, a serious pest of sugarcane, corn, rice, and sorghums. [ 1890-95, Amer. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PICKLEWORM — /pik"euhl werrm'/ , n. the larva of a pyralid moth, Diaphania nitidalis, that bores into the stem and fruit of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ОГНЕВКИ — 1) энт. (Crambinae) closewings 2) (Pyralididae) grass moths 3) (Pyralididae) pyralid moths 4) (Pyralidae) snout moths 5) (Pyralididae) pyralid 6) энт. (Pyralidae) tabby
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