pyralisn.

(in sense 1)Brit.

/ˈpɪrəlɪs/,

/ˈpɪrl̩ɪs/, U.S.

/ˈpɪrələs/ (in sense 3)Brit.

/pʌɪˈralɪs/,

/pʌɪˈreɪlɪs/, U.S.

/ˈpɪrələs/

Inflections: Plural pyrales Brit.

/pʌɪˈreɪliːz/, U.S.

/ˈpɪrəliz/, (now rare) pyralides Brit.

/pᵻˈralᵻdiːz/, U.S.

/pəˈræləˌdiz/.

Forms:

α. 1500s piralis, 1500s– pyralis.

β. Scottish pre-1700 pyralide.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin pyrallid-, pyrallis.

Etymology: < classical Latin pyrallid-, pyrallis winged insect supposed to live in fire, unknown bird (perhaps a kind of pigeon) (Pliny), in post-classical Latin also pyralis (1560 or earlier), later adopted into scientific Latin as genus name Pyralis ( Linnaeus Systema naturæ (ed. 10, 1758) I. 533) < ancient Greek πυραλίς , πυραλλίς unknown bird (perhaps a kind of pigeon) < πῦρ fire (see pyro- comb. form) + -αλλίς, suffix forming nouns. Compare Middle French pyralis, Middle French, French pyrale, denoting the mythical insect (1562 in Du Pinet's translation of Pliny), genus of moths (1809).

†1. A mythical fly believed to live in or be generated by fire. Cf. pyrausta n. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [noun] > that lives in fire

salamander1340

pyralis1566

pyrausta1566

fireworm1567

firefly1598

miller fowl1598

Vulcanal1657

1566 I. A. tr. Pliny Summarie Antiq. sig. G. iii^v In Cypres there growe in the furnaces, of flyes, greate flying flyes, called Piralis [L. appellatur pyrallis] or Piransta, that dye when they are out of the fire.

1585 R. Greene Planetomachia i. sig. C3^v As the flie Pyralis cannot liue out of the flame.

a1600 A. Montgomerie Misc. Poems xvii. 41 His pain wes lyk the pyralide, A beist in birning that does breid.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xi. xxxvi. 330 Of the fire-flie, called Pyralis or Pyrausta.

a1677 J. Taylor Contempl. State Man (1684) ii. vii. 263 Place us in the light and bright One [i.e. flame] of thy Love, where like Pyralides [printed Pyratides] and sacred Salamanders, we shall live happy.

†2. A bird (perhaps a kind of pigeon) mentioned by ancient Greek and Roman authors. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > unspecified and miscellaneous birds > [noun] > unspecified

tidifec1385

tymor?a1400

holste14..

popard1411

popera1450

wercocka1475

tytyferc1565

caladrie1567

butwin1570

brandlet1576

pecteale1579

stockard1579

tanterueale1579

pyralis1580

twite1582

gnat-snapper1598

herodian1609

grindle1610

skirwingle1610

spawe1610

tydie1612

fillady1620

wake1623

gnat-gnapper1627

blackbird1678

ricebird1704

long tongue1731

angle-taster1744

stearing1769

weaver-oriole1782

weaver-bunting1783

sedge-wren1802

satin grackle1822

Audubon1837

nankeen bird1837

fife-bird1854

jug1881

upholsterer1890

1580 J. Lyly Euphues & His Eng. f. 50 Or as the birde Piralis sitting vppon white cloth is white, vpon greene, greene.

1665 G. Swinnock Wks. 219 The Bird Piralis takes the colour of any cloth on which she sits.

3. Entomology. In form Pyralis. A genus of small moths regarded as the type of the family Pyralidae; (also pyralis) a moth of this genus. Cf. pyralid n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Pyralidae > genus Pyralis

pyralis1903

1773 T. P. Yeats tr. C. Linnaeus Inst. Entomol. 143 Many of the Tiniæ have incumbent wings expanded their whole breadth, and seem to form a very distinct section, differing from..the Pyralides in the want of palpi.

1855 Imperial Dict. Suppl. Pyralis, a genus of nocturnal lepidoptera, the type of the family Pyralidæ.

1894 Amer. Naturalist 28 1058 It is easy, in flat eggs like those of the Pyralides, Tortrices, Limacodes, etc., to see the embryo curled around..the yelk sac.

1903 Westm. Gaz. 9 Oct. 12/2 In some of the vineyards..in France..great havoc has been wrought by the pyralis.

1952 B. P. Beirne Brit. Pyralid & Plume Moths 114 (heading) Key to species of Pyralis.

1991 A. M. Emmet Sci. Names Brit. Lepidoptera 21 We now know..that pyrales can wrap their wings round their bodies in cylindrical fashion.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pyralis
释义	pyralisn. (in sense 1)Brit. /ˈpɪrəlɪs/, /ˈpɪrl̩ɪs/, U.S. /ˈpɪrələs/ (in sense 3)Brit. /pʌɪˈralɪs/, /pʌɪˈreɪlɪs/, U.S. /ˈpɪrələs/ Inflections: Plural pyrales Brit. /pʌɪˈreɪliːz/, U.S. /ˈpɪrəliz/, (now rare) pyralides Brit. /pᵻˈralᵻdiːz/, U.S. /pəˈræləˌdiz/. Forms: α. 1500s piralis, 1500s– pyralis. β. Scottish pre-1700 pyralide. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin pyrallid-, pyrallis. Etymology: < classical Latin pyrallid-, pyrallis winged insect supposed to live in fire, unknown bird (perhaps a kind of pigeon) (Pliny), in post-classical Latin also pyralis (1560 or earlier), later adopted into scientific Latin as genus name Pyralis ( Linnaeus Systema naturæ (ed. 10, 1758) I. 533) < ancient Greek πυραλίς , πυραλλίς unknown bird (perhaps a kind of pigeon) < πῦρ fire (see pyro- comb. form) + -αλλίς, suffix forming nouns. Compare Middle French pyralis, Middle French, French pyrale, denoting the mythical insect (1562 in Du Pinet's translation of Pliny), genus of moths (1809). †1. A mythical fly believed to live in or be generated by fire. Cf. pyrausta n. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [noun] > that lives in fire salamander1340 pyralis1566 pyrausta1566 fireworm1567 firefly1598 miller fowl1598 Vulcanal1657 1566 I. A. tr. Pliny Summarie Antiq. sig. G. iii^v In Cypres there growe in the furnaces, of flyes, greate flying flyes, called Piralis [L. appellatur pyrallis] or Piransta, that dye when they are out of the fire. 1585 R. Greene Planetomachia i. sig. C3^v As the flie Pyralis cannot liue out of the flame. a1600 A. Montgomerie Misc. Poems xvii. 41 His pain wes lyk the pyralide, A beist in birning that does breid. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xi. xxxvi. 330 Of the fire-flie, called Pyralis or Pyrausta. a1677 J. Taylor Contempl. State Man (1684) ii. vii. 263 Place us in the light and bright One [i.e. flame] of thy Love, where like Pyralides [printed Pyratides] and sacred Salamanders, we shall live happy. †2. A bird (perhaps a kind of pigeon) mentioned by ancient Greek and Roman authors. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > unspecified and miscellaneous birds > [noun] > unspecified tidifec1385 tymor?a1400 holste14.. popard1411 popera1450 wercocka1475 tytyferc1565 caladrie1567 butwin1570 brandlet1576 pecteale1579 stockard1579 tanterueale1579 pyralis1580 twite1582 gnat-snapper1598 herodian1609 grindle1610 skirwingle1610 spawe1610 tydie1612 fillady1620 wake1623 gnat-gnapper1627 blackbird1678 ricebird1704 long tongue1731 angle-taster1744 stearing1769 weaver-oriole1782 weaver-bunting1783 sedge-wren1802 satin grackle1822 Audubon1837 nankeen bird1837 fife-bird1854 jug1881 upholsterer1890 1580 J. Lyly Euphues & His Eng. f. 50 Or as the birde Piralis sitting vppon white cloth is white, vpon greene, greene. 1665 G. Swinnock Wks. 219 The Bird Piralis takes the colour of any cloth on which she sits. 3. Entomology. In form Pyralis. A genus of small moths regarded as the type of the family Pyralidae; (also pyralis) a moth of this genus. Cf. pyralid n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Pyralidae > genus Pyralis pyralis1903 1773 T. P. Yeats tr. C. Linnaeus Inst. Entomol. 143 Many of the Tiniæ have incumbent wings expanded their whole breadth, and seem to form a very distinct section, differing from..the Pyralides in the want of palpi. 1855 Imperial Dict. Suppl. Pyralis, a genus of nocturnal lepidoptera, the type of the family Pyralidæ. 1894 Amer. Naturalist 28 1058 It is easy, in flat eggs like those of the Pyralides, Tortrices, Limacodes, etc., to see the embryo curled around..the yelk sac. 1903 Westm. Gaz. 9 Oct. 12/2 In some of the vineyards..in France..great havoc has been wrought by the pyralis. 1952 B. P. Beirne Brit. Pyralid & Plume Moths 114 (heading) Key to species of Pyralis. 1991 A. M. Emmet Sci. Names Brit. Lepidoptera 21 We now know..that pyrales can wrap their wings round their bodies in cylindrical fashion. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1566
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