Rice weevil Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun brown weevil that infests stored grain especially rice
    black weevil; Sitophylus oryzae.

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Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.), a small beetle (Calandra, ∨ Sitophilus, oryzæ) which destroys rice, wheat, and Indian corn by eating out the interior; called also black weevil.

Webster 1913