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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Pertaining or related to the Tineidæ in a broad sense: as, a tineid fauna; tineid characters.
  • noun A tineid moth; any member of the Tineidæ, as a clothes-moth.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.) Same as tinean.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun zoology Any member of the Tineidae.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun small yellowish moths whose larvae feed on wool or fur

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Examples

  • The tineid often occurs as a secondary pest after the pyralid moth when the plant has already lost moisture due to the pyralid moth.

    4 Yams 1978

  • Deltamethrin is recommended for the control of tineid and pyralid moths.

    4 Yams 1978

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