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Definition of Seed weevil
1. Noun. A small beetle that infests the seeds of legumes.
Generic synonyms: Weevil
Group relationships: Bruchidae, Family Bruchidae
Specialized synonyms: Bruchus Pisorum, Pea Weevil, Acanthoscelides Obtectus, Bean Weevil
Lexicographical Neighbors of Seed Weevil
Literary usage of Seed weevil
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers from Seeds and Roots by Sutton & Sons (1908)
"The Pea Seed-Weevil or Bug (Bruchus /«t').—This pest attacks Peas at the time of
flowering ... Our illustration shows the Pea Seed-Weevil natural size and ..."
2. Observations of Injurious Insects and Common Farm Pests ... with Methods of by Eleanor Anne Ormerod (1898)
"The following paper is inserted not so much with a view of entering on the
life-history of the Turnip-seed Weevil, which has already been given, ..."
3. Observations of Injurious Insects and Common Farm Pests ... with Methods of by Eleanor Anne Ormerod (1891)
"In that year this Ceutorhynchus contractus (the Charlock or Charlock-seed Weevil)
was reported as doing much damage to young Turnips in their first growth, ..."
4. The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers from Seeds and Roots by Sutton & Sons (1908)
"The Pea Seed-Weevil or Bug (Bruchus /«t').—This pest attacks Peas at the time of
flowering ... Our illustration shows the Pea Seed-Weevil natural size and ..."
5. Observations of Injurious Insects and Common Farm Pests ... with Methods of by Eleanor Anne Ormerod (1898)
"The following paper is inserted not so much with a view of entering on the
life-history of the Turnip-seed Weevil, which has already been given, ..."
6. Observations of Injurious Insects and Common Farm Pests ... with Methods of by Eleanor Anne Ormerod (1891)
"In that year this Ceutorhynchus contractus (the Charlock or Charlock-seed Weevil)
was reported as doing much damage to young Turnips in their first growth, ..."
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