Associations to the word «Pyralid»

Wiktionary

PYRALID, noun. Any moth of the family Pyralidae

Dictionary definition

PYRALID, noun. Usually tropical slender-bodied long-legged moth whose larvae are crop pests.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats