| 单词 | weevil |
| 释义 | weevil (once / 7053 pages) n WORD FAMILY weevil: weevils USAGE EXAMPLESThe weevil larvae feast on a tree’s crown, crippling its growth and, within months, killing it. New York Times(Nov 03, 2016) Part of his prosperity came when he diversified from raising only cotton, years before other farmers were ruined by the cotton-destroying boll weevil. Seattle Times(Oct 20, 2016) Duke agreed that they and Trump and Breitbart seem to have "the rank and file" but that "boll weevils are still in those cotton balls." US News(Aug 24, 2016) n any of several families of mostly small beetles that feed on plants and plant products; especially snout beetles and seed beetles Hypo|Hyper snout beetle small weevil having a prolonged snout; destructive to e.g. grains and nuts Anthonomus grandis, boll weevilgreyish weevil that lays its eggs in cotton bolls destroying the cotton darkling beetle, darkling groung beetle, tenebrionidsluggish hard-bodied black terrestrial weevil whose larvae feed on e.g. decaying plant material or grain seed beetle, seed weevila small beetle that infests the seeds of legumes Sitophylus oryzae, black weevil, rice weevilbrown weevil that infests stored grain especially rice flour beetle, flour weevilan insect that infests flour and stored grains Bruchus pisorum, pea weevillarvae live in and feed on seeds of the pea plant Acanthoscelides obtectus, bean weevillarvae live in and feed on growing or stored beans beetle insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings |
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