| 单词 | corn-weevil |
| 释义 | > as lemmascorn-weevil corn-weevil n. one of several popular names for weevils attacking corn. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Polyphaga (omnivorous) > superfamily Curculionoidea or Rhyncophora > family Curculionidae or genus Curculio > corn-weevil corn-weevil1840 grain-weevil1848 1840 J. Loudon & M. Loudon tr. V. Köllar Treat. Insects ii. 117 The Corn Weevil.. The perfect insect is of small size, linear shape, with a narrow rostrum. 1850 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Patents 1849: Agric. 335 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (31st Congr., 1st Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc. 20, Pt. 2) VI The other species of corn-weevil alluded to,..the granary weevil, is more common in this country. 1880 O'Neill & Williams Amer. Farmer's Handbk. xiv. 642 (heading) Corn Weevil.—A small insect... The female deposits her eggs upon corn in granaries, and the young larva at once burrows into the grain. < as lemmas |
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