curculio : Idioms & Phrases


Grape curculio

  • (Zoöl.) , a minute black weevil (Craponius inæqualis) which in the larval state eats the interior of grapes.
Webster 1913

Quince curculio

  • (Zoöl.), a small gray and yellow curculio (Conotrachelus cratægi) whose larva lives in quinces.
Webster 1913