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Noun: gelechiid  ju'le-kee-id
  1. Small slender-winged moths whose larvae are agricultural pests
    "The potato tuber moth is a gelechiid that can cause significant crop damage";
    - gelechiid moth

Derived forms: gelechiids

Type of: moth

Part of: family Gelechiidae, Gelechiidae