† pilsern.
Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
A moth or fly which flies into a candle flame.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > member of (moth)
farfalla1606
taper-fly?1614
candle-fly1626
moth1646
phalaena1658
pilser1736
redneck1773
bustard1803
soul1815
notch-wing1819
satellite1832
bobowler1852
the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Diptera or flies > [noun] > member of > unspecified > that flies into flame
pilser1736
1736 R. Ainsworth Thes. Linguæ Latinæ I. (at cited word) A pilser, musca luminibus advolitans.
1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Pilser, the moth or fly that runs into a candle flame. Ainsworth.
1800 T. Browne Union Dict. Pilser, the moth or fly that runs into a flame.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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