pyralid

Other forms of pyralid

plural

pyralids·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about pyralid

What does pyralid mean?

pyralid means "usually tropical slender-bodied long-legged moth whose larvae are crop pests".

How many syllables are in pyralid?

pyralid has 3 syllables: py-ra-lid. The stress falls on "py".

What is another word for pyralid?

Close synonyms include pyralid moth. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pyralid a common word?

pyralid is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.