单词 | billbug |
释义 | billbug in British English (ˈbɪlˌbʌɡ) noun a type of weevil billbug in American English (ˈbɪlˌbʌg) US noun any of certain stout-bodied weevils (family Curculionidae) whose larvae feed upon numerous plants, esp. cereal grasses, corn, etc. Word origin bill2 + bug1billbug in American English (ˈbɪlˌbʌɡ) noun any of several weevils, esp. of the genera Calendra and Sitophilus, that feed on various grasses Word origin [1860–65, Amer.; bill2 + bug1]This word is first recorded in the period 1860–65. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Paleolithic, calibrate, metric system, mutualism, pop-up |
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