Weevil

Etymology
Middle English wevel:, from Old English wifel:, from (cf. Dutch torttortwevel: ‘dung beetle’, Low German Scharnwevel ‘id.’, German Wiebel: ‘beetle, chafer’), from  (cf. Lithuanian vãbalas: ‘beetle, weevil’, Russian dialect веблица:), from *( h1)u̯ebh- ‘to weave, wave’. More at and.

Noun

 * 1) Any of several small herbivorous beetles in the superfamily Curculionoidea. Many of them have a distinctive snout.
 * 2) Any of several small herbivorous beetles in the family Curculionidae belonging to the superfamily Curculionoidea.
 * 3) Any of several similar but more distantly related beetles such as the biscuit weevil.

Synonyms

 * snout beetle, true weevil

Derived terms

 * apple blossom weevil
 * bean weevil
 * biscuit weevil
 * giraffe weevil


 * grain weevil, granary weevil
 * maize weevil
 * pine weevil
 * true weevil

Translations

 * Dutch: snuitkever
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 * Maori:
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 * Catalan: morrut
 * Dutch: snuitkever


 * Finnish:
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