weevil (redirected from Curculionoidea)

wee·vil  (wvl)

n.

Any of numerous beetles, of the superfamily Curculionoidea, especially the snout beetle, that characteristically have a downward-curving snout and are destructive to nuts, fruits, stems, and roots.

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[Middle English wevel, from Old English wifel; see webh- in Indo-European roots.]

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weevil [ˈwiːvɪl]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) Also called snout beetle any beetle of the family Curculionidae, having an elongated snout (rostrum): they are pests, feeding on plants and plant products See also boll weevil

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) Also called pea, bean weevil any of various beetles of the family Bruchidae (or Lariidae), the larvae of which live in the seeds of leguminous plants

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of various similar or related beetles

[Old English wifel; related to Old High German wibil; compare Old Norse tordȳfill dungbeetle]

weevily  adj

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

weevil - any of several families of mostly small beetles that feed on plants and plant products; especially snout beetles and seed beetles beetle - insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings 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 black weevil, rice weevil, Sitophylus oryzae - brown weevil that infests stored grain especially rice

Translations

weevil [ˈwiːvl] N → gorgojo m

weevil [ˈwiːvɪl] n → charançon m

weevil

n → Rüsselkäfer m

weevil [ˈwiːvl] n (Zool) → tonchio