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‖ pyralis|ˈpɪrəlɪs|
Pl. pyralides |pɪˈrælɪdiːz|. Also (in sense 1) in anglicized form (from Fr.) pyralide.
[ad. Gr. πυραλίς a winged insect supposed to live in fire, f. πῦρ fire; also a. obs. F. pyralide ‘a fire-fly or worme bred in the fire’ (Cotgr.).]
†1. A fabulous fly supposed to live in or be generated by fire. Obs.
1588Greene Planetom. Venus Trag. Wks. (Grosart) V. 60 As the flie Pyralis cannot liue out of the flame. a1600Montgomerie Misc. Poems xvii. 41 His pain wes lyk the pyralide, A beist in birning that does breid. 1684Contempl. State Man ii. vii. (1699) 212 Place us in the Light and Bright One [i.e. flame] of thy Love; where like Pyralides and sacred Salamanders we shall live happy without Pain or Torment.
2. Entom. [mod.L., Schrank 1801.] A genus of moths typical of the family Pyralidæ. So ˈpyralid, a. resembling or belonging to the Pyralidæ; n. a moth of this family; pyraˈlideous a. = pyralid a.; pyˈralidiform a., resembling the Pyralidæ in form or structure; pyˈralidine a. = pyralid a.
1859H. T. Stainton Man. Brit. Butterfl. & Moths II. 124 The Pyralidina are divided into two main groups:—1. The Pyralideous group. 2. The Crambideous group. The Pyralideous group is further divided into two main sections: 1. The Deltoides. 2. The Pyralites. 1903Westm. Gaz. 9 Oct. 12/2 In some of the vineyards..in France..great havoc has been wrought by the pyralis. |