weevil : Idioms & Phrases

• noun larvae live in and feed on growing or stored beans
  Acanthoscelides obtectus.
  

WordNet

• (Zoöl.), a small weevil that in the larval state destroys beans. The American species in Bruchus fabæ.

Webster 1913

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

WordNet

• noun greyish weevil that lays its eggs in cotton bolls destroying the cotton
  Anthonomus grandis.
  

WordNet

• (Zoöl.) a small weevil (Apion apricans), that destroys the seeds of clover.

Webster 1913

• . (Zoöl.) (a) A small weevil which causes great injury to grain. (b) In America, a weevil (Sphenophorus zeæ) which attacks the stalk of maize near the root, often doing great damage. See Grain weevil, under Weevil.

Webster 1913

• noun an insect that infests flour and stored grains
  flour beetle.
  

WordNet

• (Zoöl.), a small red weevil (Sitophilus granarius), which destroys stored wheat and othar grain, by eating out the interior.

Webster 1913

• (Zoöl.), any species of weevils of the genus Balaninus and other allied genera, which in the larval state live in nuts.

Webster 1913

• (Zoöl.), any one of mumerous species of very large weevils of the genus Rhynchophorus. The larvæ bore into palm trees, and are called palm borers, and grugru worms. They are considered excellent food.

Webster 1913

• noun larvae live in and feed on seeds of the pea plant
  Bruchus pisorum.
  

WordNet

• (Zoöl.), a small weevil (Bruchus pisi) which destroys peas by eating out the interior.

Webster 1913

• (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of weevils whose larvæ bore in the wood of pine trees. Several species are known in both Europe and America, belonging to the genera Pissodes, Hylobius, etc.

Webster 1913

• (Zoöl.), an American weevil which is very destructive to plums, nectarines cherries, and many other stone fruits. It lays its eggs in crescent-shaped incisions made with its jaws. The larva lives upon the pulp around the stone. Called also turk, and plum curculio. See Illust. under Curculio.

Webster 1913

• (Zoöl.), an American weevil (Baridius trinotatus) whose larva lives in and kills the stalks of potato vines, often causing serious damage to the crop.

Webster 1913

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

WordNet

• (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

• noun a small beetle that infests the seeds of legumes
  seed beetle.
  

WordNet

• (Zoöl.), any one of numerous small weevels, especially those of the genus Apion, which live in the seeds of various plants.

Webster 1913

• . (Zoöl.) See Vine borer (a) above, and Wound gall, under Wound.

Webster 1913

• . (Zoöl.) (a) The grain weevil. (b) The rice weevil when found in wheat.

Webster 1913