Curculion.

/kəːˈkjuːlɪəʊ/

Etymology: < Latin curculio, -ōnem corn-weevil.

Entomology.

A Linnæan genus of Beetles, containing the Weevils. Now applied especially to the common fruit-weevils, which are very destructive to plums.

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

Curculio1756

1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. iii. 429 The streaked shining Curculio.

1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. iii. 430 Curculio... This insect is very destructive to flour, as well as to most sorts of grain.

1860 R. W. Emerson Fate in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 40 Such an one has curculios, borers, knife-worms.

1882 Garden 25 Mar. 191/3 The Curculio has made the cultivation of the Plum impossible in Eastern America.

Derivatives

curˌculioˈnideous adj. belonging to the Curculionidæ or weevil-family.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [adjective] > belonging to Rhyncophora > belonging to Curculionidae

curculionideous1881

1881 Athenæum No. 2827. 904 A curculionideous larva, found feeding in the bulbs of lilies.

curˈculionist n. a specialist in the study of the Curculionidæ.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > zoology > study of specific types of animal > [noun] > insects > specific insects > one who

aurelian1778

lepidopterist1826

coleopterist1852

neuropterist1869

hymenopterologist1870

scarabaeist1872

curculionist1874

aphidologist1876

myrmecologist1879

orthopterist1880

hymenopterist1881

lepidopterologist1899

drosophilist1961

1874 St. G. Mivart in Contemp. Rev. XXIV. 362 That this naturalist is a Carabidist, and that a Curculionist.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	curculio
释义	Curculion. /kəːˈkjuːlɪəʊ/ Etymology: < Latin curculio, -ōnem corn-weevil. Entomology. A Linnæan genus of Beetles, containing the Weevils. Now applied especially to the common fruit-weevils, which are very destructive to plums. 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 Curculio1756 1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. iii. 429 The streaked shining Curculio. 1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. iii. 430 Curculio... This insect is very destructive to flour, as well as to most sorts of grain. 1860 R. W. Emerson Fate in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 40 Such an one has curculios, borers, knife-worms. 1882 Garden 25 Mar. 191/3 The Curculio has made the cultivation of the Plum impossible in Eastern America. Derivatives curˌculioˈnideous adj. belonging to the Curculionidæ or weevil-family. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [adjective] > belonging to Rhyncophora > belonging to Curculionidae curculionideous1881 1881 Athenæum No. 2827. 904 A curculionideous larva, found feeding in the bulbs of lilies. curˈculionist n. a specialist in the study of the Curculionidæ. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > zoology > study of specific types of animal > [noun] > insects > specific insects > one who aurelian1778 lepidopterist1826 coleopterist1852 neuropterist1869 hymenopterologist1870 scarabaeist1872 curculionist1874 aphidologist1876 myrmecologist1879 orthopterist1880 hymenopterist1881 lepidopterologist1899 drosophilist1961 1874 St. G. Mivart in Contemp. Rev. XXIV. 362 That this naturalist is a Carabidist, and that a Curculionist. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1756
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