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Definition: weevil
weevil
n : any of several families of mostly small beetles that feed on
plants and plant products; especially snout weevils and
seed weevils
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Weevil
Weevil
\Wee"vil\, n. [OE. wivel, wevil, AS. wifel, wibil; akin
to OD. wevel, OHG. wibil, wibel, G. wiebel, wibel, and
probably to Lith. vabalas beetle, and E. weave. See
Weave.]
(Zo["o]l.)
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 larv[ae] 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 larv[ae]
of other species bore under the bark and into the pith of
trees and various other plants, as the pine weevils (see
under
Pine). See also
Pea weevil,
Rice weevil,
Seed weevil
, under
Pea,
Rice, and
Seed.
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