weevil
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
weevil (plural weevils)
- Any of several small herbivorous beetles in the superfamily Curculionoidea, many having a distinctive snout.
- Any of several small herbivorous beetles in the family Curculionidae belonging to the superfamily Curculionoidea.
- Any of several similar but more distantly related beetles such as the biscuit weevil (Stegobium paniceum).
- (figurative, derogatory) A loathsome person.
- (beetle of the family Curculionidae) snout beetle, true weevil
- French: charançon, balanin, cosson
- German: Rüsselkäfer
- Italian: calandra, balanino
- Portuguese: gorgulho
- Russian: долгоно́сик
- Spanish: gorgojo
- Spanish: gorgojo, picudo
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