fīˈsid.əˌdē noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Phycita, type genus (perhaps from Greek phykos seaweed, rouge) + -idae
: a family of small moths that are related to and sometimes placed among the Pyralididae, include the Mediterranean flour moth and other pests having larvae which feed in stored cereals, and are usually mottled gray and brown with long narrow fore wings