Acanthoscelides
noun
Acan·tho·scel·i·des
əˌkan(t)thəˈseləˌdēz
: a genus of weevils (family Bruchidae) native to America but of cosmopolitan distribution and including the destructive bean weevil
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from acanth- + Greek skelos leg + -ides (plural of -id-, -is, patronymic suffix)
First Known Use
1937, in the meaning defined above