Definitions for boll weevil
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
boll′ wee′vil(n.)
a snout beetle, Anthonomus grandis, that attacks the bolls of cotton.
Category: Entomology
Origin of boll weevil:
1890–95, Amer.
Princeton's WordNet
boll weevil, Anthonomus grandis(noun)
greyish weevil that lays its eggs in cotton bolls destroying the cotton
Wiktionary
boll weevil(Noun)
beetle measuring an average length of six millimeters (u00BC inch), which feeds on cotton buds and flowers, native to Central America
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