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weevil

DEFINITIONS OF: weevil

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n 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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snout beetle
small weevil having a prolonged snout; destructive to e.g. grains and nuts
Anthonomus grandis, boll weevil
greyish weevil that lays its eggs in cotton bolls destroying the cotton
darkling beetle, darkling groung beetle, tenebrionid
sluggish hard-bodied black terrestrial weevil whose larvae feed on e.g. decaying plant material or grain
seed beetle, seed weevil
a small beetle that infests the seeds of legumes
Sitophylus oryzae, black weevil, rice weevil
brown weevil that infests stored grain especially rice
flour beetle, flour weevil
an insect that infests flour and stored grains
Bruchus pisorum, pea weevil
larvae live in and feed on seeds of the pea plant
Acanthoscelides obtectus, bean weevil
larvae live in and feed on growing or stored beans
Type of:
beetle
insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings
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