Definition of Anthonomus grandis

1. Noun. Greyish weevil that lays its eggs in cotton bolls destroying the cotton.

Exact synonyms: Boll Weevil
Generic synonyms: Weevil
Group relationships: Anthonomus, Genus Anthonomus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Anthonomus Grandis

Antheraea pernyi
Antheraea polyphemus
Anthericum
Anthericum liliago
Anthericum torreyi
Antheropeas
Antheropeas wallacei
Anthidium
Anthoceropsida
Anthoceros
Anthocerotaceae
Anthocerotales
Anthomyia
Anthomyia canicularis
Anthonomus
Anthonomus grandis
Anthony
Anthony Burgess
Anthony Charles Lynton Blair
Anthony Comstock
Anthony Hopkins
Anthony Nolan panel
Anthony Trollope
Anthony Vandyke
Anthony Wayne
Anthophyta
Anthrenus scrophulariae
Anthriscus
Anthriscus cereifolium
Anthriscus sylvestris

Literary usage of Anthonomus grandis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings by Entomological Society of Washington (1914)
"PROCEEDINGS ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY varieties were taken to Stockholm, Sweden, by Mr. AN Caudell, and compared with the type of anthonomus grandis. ..."

2. Biennial Report by California Dept. of Agriculture, California State Commission of Horticulture (1909)
"The said cotton boll weevil (anthonomus grandis) does not, nor ever has, existed in this State, and that, if introduced, the same would become a serious and ..."

3. Elementary Textbook of Economic Zoology and Entomology by Vernon Lyman Kellogg, Rennie Wilbur Doane (1915)
"COTTON The Boll-weevil (anthonomus grandis).—There are several important enemies of the cotton plants, but during the last few years the boll-weevil has ..."

4. Report on Parasitic and Injurious Insects by Walter Wilson. Froggartt (1909)
"We have an example of this in the increase and the wonderful spread of the American cotton-boll weevil (anthonomus grandis) over the great cotton belt of ..."

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