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Weevil   /wˈivəl/   Listen
Weevil

noun
1.
Any of several families of mostly small beetles that feed on plants and plant products; especially snout beetles and seed beetles.



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"Weevil" Quotes from Famous Books



... most common insects attacking the wood of living trees are the oak timber worm, the chestnut timber worm, carpenter worms, ambrosia beetles, the locust borer, turpentine beetles and turpentine borers, and the white pine weevil. ...
— The Mechanical Properties of Wood • Samuel J. Record



Words linked to "Weevil" :   tenebrionid, seed beetle, Sitophylus oryzae, darkling beetle, beetle, darkling groung beetle, Anthonomus grandis, snout beetle



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