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curculio

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cur·cu·li·o  (kr-kyl-)
n. pl. cur·cu·li·os
See snout beetle.
[New Latin Curculi, type genus, from Latin curculi, a kind of weevil.]
curculio [kɜːˈkjuːlɪˌəʊ]
n pl -lios
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of various American weevils, esp Conotrachelus nenuphar (plum curculio), a pest of fruit trees
[from Latin: grain weevil]


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In plants the down on the fruit and the colour of the flesh are considered by botanists as characters of the most trifling importance: yet we hear from an excellent horticulturist, Downing, that in the United States smooth-skinned fruits suffer far more from a beetle, a curculio, than those with down; that purple plums suffer far more from a certain disease than yellow plums; whereas another disease attacks yellow-fleshed peaches far more than those with other coloured flesh.
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