2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Weevil \Wee"vil\, n. [OE. wivel, wevil, AS wifel, wibil akin
to OD wevel, OHG. wibil wibel, G. wiebel wibel, and
probably to Lith. vabalas beetle, and E. weave. See {Weave}.]
(Zo["o]l.)
Any one of numerous species of snout beetles, or
Rhynchophora, in which the head is elongated and usually
curved downward. Many of the species are very injurious to
cultivated plants. The larv[ae] of some of the species live
in nuts, fruit, and grain by eating out the interior, as the
plum weevil, or curculio, the nut weevils, and the grain
weevil (see under {Plum}, {Nut}, and {Grain}). The larv[ae]
of other species bore under the bark and into the pith of
trees and various other plants, as the pine weevils (see
under {Pine}). See also {Pea weevil}, {Rice weevil}, {Seed
weevil}, under {Pea}, {Rice}, and {Seed}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
weevil
n : any of several families of mostly small beetles that feed on
plants and plant products; esp. snout weevils and seed
weevils
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