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Definisjon av weevil

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WordNet WordNet by Princeton University

Noun
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
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Substantiv
weevil - Any of several small herbivorous beetles in the superfamily Curculionoidea. Many of them have a distinctive snout.
weevil - Any of several small herbivorous beetles in the family Curculionidae belonging to the superfamily Curculionoidea.
weevil - Any of several similar but more distantly related beetles such as the biscuit weevil.

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  • A weevil is any beetle from the Curculionoidea superfamily. They are usually small, less than 6 millimetres (0.24 in), and herbivorous. There are over 60,000 species in several families, mostly in the family Curculionidae.

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  • weevil
    Any beetle from the Curculionoidea superfamily.

Substantiv

  • Entall: weevil
  • Flertall: weevils

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