tineid (?t?n??d) n (Animals) any moth of the family Tineidae, which includes the clothes mothsadj (Animals) of, relating to, or belonging to the family Tineidae[C19: from New Latin Tineidae, from Latin: tinea]Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014