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boll weevil

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boll weevil
n.
1. A small, grayish, long-snouted beetle (Anthonomus grandis) of Mexico and the southern United States, having adults that puncture cotton buds and larvae that hatch in and damage cotton bolls.
2. Informal A conservative white Southern Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives.

boll weevil
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a greyish weevil, Anthonomus grandis, of the southern US and Mexico, whose larvae live in and destroy cotton bolls See also weevil [1]
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Noun1.boll weevilboll weevil - greyish weevil that lays its eggs in cotton bolls destroying the cotton
weevil - any of several families of mostly small beetles that feed on plants and plant products; especially snout beetles and seed beetles
Anthonomus, genus Anthonomus - weevils destructive of cultivated plants
Translations
boll weevil
nBaumwollkapselkäfer m


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With fewer sprays needed to control worms, plus the virtual eradication of the boll weevil, other insect species have been quick to fill the void.
rice is grown in fields that once grew cotton, which depends on arsenic-based chemicals to kill boll weevils and remove its leaves before harvesting.
``When government uses its coercive power to intervene in the free marketplace, agriculture can discover something worse to contend with than the corn borer or the boll weevil.
 
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