weevil
Any of many tens of thousands of species of herbivorous beetles, ranging in size from…Any of many tens of thousands of species of herbivorous beetles, ranging in size from tiny to large, in the superfamily Curculionoidea, the most characteristic species having the head projecting in a distinctive snout with the mouthparts at the tip.
» The boll weevil has long plagued cotton crops.
Meaning
4 sensesAny of many tens of thousands of species of herbivorous beetles, ranging in size from tiny to large, in the superfamily Curculionoidea, the most characteristic species having the head projecting in a distinctive snout with the mouthparts at the tip.
Rüsselkäfer
долгоно́сикdolgonósik
довгоно́сикdovhonósyk, сло́никslónyk
Any of many tens of thousands of species of herbivorous beetles of various sizes, in the family Curculionidae within the superfamily Curculionoidea.
Rüsselkäfer
довгоно́сикdovhonósyk, сло́никslónyk
Any of many similar, but more distantly related, beetles such as the biscuit weevil (Stegobium paniceum).
(derogatory, figuratively)A loathsome person.
- any of several families of mostly small beetles that feed on plants and plant products; especially snout beetles and seed beetles
Examples
5 sentencesThe boll weevil has long plagued cotton crops.
You could see the weevils that have infested the rice.
Weevils eat the leaves of the fuchsia.
The village head decided to build a large granary to protect the grain from the weevils.
It was Mendel's good fortune that the arrival of the pea weevil postdated the completion of the pea part of his research.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English wevel, from Old English wifel (“beetle”), from Proto-West Germanic *wiFrom Middle English wevel, from Old English wifel (“beetle”), from Proto-West Germanic *wibil, from Proto-Germanic *wibilaz, from Proto-Indo-European *webʰel-, from *(h₁)webʰ- (“to wave, to weave”), said to be from the woven appearance of a weevil’s larval case, + *-el-, *-l̥- (diminutive or attributive suffix); see also wave and weave.
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