单词	boll weevil
释义	boll weevil noun : a usually grayish or brown weevil (Anthonomus grandis grandis) that feeds on the squares and bolls of the cotton plant Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web A century ago, cotton farmers in Enterprise, Ala., faced disaster when their crops were wiped out by an invasive species, the boll weevil. CBS News, 15 Sep. 2022 Enterprise has a long history of celebrating the boll weevil. Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, 4 Apr. 2022 Well, the city’s latest boll weevil statue is right there outside the McDonald’s. Ike Morgan | Imorgan@al.com, al, 5 Apr. 2022 In 1919, city leaders commissioned a marble figure from an Italian sculptor to commemorate the change, later adding a large boll weevil atop the statue. Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, 4 Apr. 2022 Cotton farming declined as fertility decreased and the boll weevil infested crops. Alia Malik, ajc, 10 Feb. 2022 Gruene began to declined by the 1920s after boll weevil beetles infested local crops. Timothy Fanning, San Antonio Express-News, 25 Jan. 2022 In the years that followed, hundreds of Black workers would make the journey from the South, fleeing Jim Crow laws, the boll weevil, devastating floods and racial violence. Michael Grabell, ProPublica, 21 Dec. 2020 As director of the Texas boll weevil eradication program from 1994 through to 2000, El-Lissy led one of the largest pest eradication programs in the world. Eamon Barrett, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2020 See More Word History First Known Use 1879, in the meaning defined above Kids Definition boll weevil noun : a grayish or brown insect that lays its eggs in cotton bolls
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