Etymograph

English

pyraloid

Pyraloid comes from mul Pyraloidea.

  1. mulmodernPyraloidea1
  2. Englishtodaypyraloid1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English pyraloid

Lineage

  1. mulmodernPyraloideaWiktionary, English pyraloid
  2. EnglishtodaypyraloidWiktionary, English pyraloid

Today it means

noun Any moth of the superfamily Pyraloidea

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “pyraloid”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / mul Pyraloidea / pyraloid