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Definition of Weevil

1. Noun. Any of several families of mostly small beetles that feed on plants and plant products; especially snout beetles and seed beetles.

Definition of Weevil

1. n. Any one of numerous species of snout beetles, or Rhynchophora, in which the head is elongated and usually curved downward. Many of the species are very injurious to cultivated plants. The larvæ of some of the species live in nuts, fruit, and grain by eating out the interior, as the plum weevil, or curculio, the nut weevils, and the grain weevil (see under Plum, Nut, and Grain). The larvæ of other species bore under the bark and into the pith of trees and various other plants, as the pine weevils (see under Pine). See also Pea weevil, Rice weevil, Seed weevil, under Pea, Rice, and Seed.

2. n. Any one of numerous species of snout beetles, or Rhynchophora, in which the head is elongated and usually curved downward. Many of the species are very injurious to cultivated plants. The larvæ of some of the species live in nuts, fruit, and grain by eating out the interior, as the plum weevil, or curculio, the nut weevils, and the grain weevil (see under Plum, Nut, and Grain). The larvæ of other species bore under the bark and into the pith of trees and various other plants, as the pine weevils (see under Pine). See also Pea weevil, Rice weevil, Seed weevil, under Pea, Rice, and Seed.

Definition of Weevil

1. Noun. Any of several small herbivorous beetles in the superfamily Curculionoidea. Many of them have a distinctive snout. ¹

2. Noun. Any of several small herbivorous beetles in the family Curculionidae belonging to the superfamily ''Curculionoidea''. ¹

3. Noun. Any of several similar but more distantly related beetles such as the biscuit weevil. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Weevil

1. a small beetle [n -S] : WEEVILED, WEEVILLY, WEEVILY [adj]

Medical Definition of Weevil

1. Any one of numerous species of snout beetles, or Rhynchophora, in which the head is elongated and usually curved downward. Many of the species are very injurious to cultivated plants. The larvae of some of the species live in nuts, fruit, and grain by eating out the interior, as the plum weevil, or curculio, the nut weevils, and the grain weevil (see under Plum, Nut, and Grain). The larvae of other species bore under the bark and into the pith of trees and various other plants, as the pine weevils (see under Pine). See also Pea weevil, Rice weevil, Seed weevil. Origin: OE. Wivel, wevil, AS. Wifel, wibil; akin to OD. Wevel, OHG. Wibil, wibel, G. Wiebel, wibel, and probably to Lith. Vabalas beetle, and E. Weave. See Weave. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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