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Word | Weevil |
German Meaning | Rüsselkäfer, Kornkäfer, Wiebel |
any of several families of mostly small beetles that feed on plants and plant products; especially snout weevils and seed weevils / any of several families of mostly small beetles that feed on plants and plant products / 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 the pine weevils (see under Pine). See also Pea weevil, Rice weevil, Seed weevil, under Pea, Rice, and Seed. / a small beetle with an elongated snout, the larvae of which typically develop inside seeds, stems, or other plant parts. Many are pests of crops or stored foodstuffs., | |
Usage | ⇒ Weevils damage crops ⇒ Weevils bore through the stem and eat the pith within, and beetle larvae bore through the roots. |
Synonyms | beetle, nit, roach, ant, crab, flea, insect, jigger, louse, mite, parasite, aphid, bedbug, bee, beetle pest, black weevil, bloodsucker, blowfly, bluebottle, boll eater, |
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