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Definition of weevil

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Weevil (n.) Any one of numerous species of snout beetles, or Rhynchophora, in which the head is elongated and usually curved downward. Many of the species are very injurious to cultivated plants. The larvae of some of the species live in nuts, fruit, and grain by eating out the interior, as the plum weevil, or curculio, the nut weevils, and the grain weevil (see under Plum, Nut, and Grain). The larvae of other species bore under the bark and into the pith of trees and various other plants, as th

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Snout :: Snout (n.) The anterior prolongation of the head of weevils and allied beetles.

Billbug :: Billbug (n.) A weevil or curculio of various species, as the corn weevil. See Curculio..

Boud :: Boud (n.) A weevil; a worm that breeds in malt, biscuit, etc..

Turk :: Turk (n.) The plum weevil. See Curculio, and Plum weevil, under Plum..

Weeviled :: Weeviled (a.) Infested by weevils; as, weeviled grain..

Coleoptera :: Coleoptera (n. pl.) An order of insects having the anterior pair of wings (elytra) hard and horny, and serving as coverings for the posterior pair, which are membranous, and folded transversely under the others when not in use. The mouth parts form two pairs of jaws (mandibles and maxillae) adapted for chewing. Most of the Coleoptera are known as beetles and weevils..

Weevil :: Weevil (n.) Any one of numerous species of snout beetles, or Rhynchophora, in which the head is elongated and usually curved downward. Many of the species are very injurious to cultivated plants. The larvae of some of the species live in nuts, fruit, and grain by eating out the interior, as the plum weevil, or curculio, the nut weevils, and the grain weevil (see under Plum, Nut, and Grain). The larvae of other species bore under the bark and into the pith of trees and various other plants, as th

Curculio :: Curculio (n.) One of a large group of beetles (Rhynchophora) of many genera; -- called also weevils, snout beetles, billbeetles, and billbugs. Many of the species are very destructive, as the plum curculio, the corn, grain, and rice weevils, etc..

Wevil :: Wevil (n.) See Weevil.

Rhynchophora :: Rhynchophora (n. pl.) A group of Coleoptera having a snoutlike head; the snout beetles, curculios, or weevils..

Weevily :: Weevily (a.) Having weevils; weeviled.

Curculionidous :: Curculionidous (a.) Pertaining to the Curculionideae, or weevil tribe..