1. (n.)weevil any of numerous beetles of the family Curculionidae, having the head prolonged into a snout, and destructive to nuts, grain, fruit, etc.
Etymology: (bef. 900; ME wevel, OE wifel, c. OS goldwivil glowworm, OHG wibil beetle; perh. akin to wave)
Definition of 'weevil'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)weevil any of several families of mostly small beetles that feed on plants and plant products; especially snout beetles and seed beetles
Definition of 'weevil'
Webster Dictionary
1. (noun)weevil 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 grainweevil (see under Plum, Nut, and Grain). The larvae of other speciesbore 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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