weevil
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- noun
- /ˈwiːvəl/
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gorgojo
- Before the harvest, they checked the grain for weevils to ensure it was safe to sell.
- boll weevil
- weevil larvae
- weevil larva
The push was that in the beginning the cotton crop failed because of the bull weevils vestation, but more importantly there was white terror.
- The push was that in the beginning the cotton crop failed because of the bull weevils vestation, but more importantly there was white terror.
Examples
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The ants attack the vulnerable, soft-bodied weevil larvae as they tunnel into the inner stem to feed.
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The male bean Weevil has a different strategy.
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We've got weevils in the corn.
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For thousands of years, boll weevils fed on wild tropical cotton in Central and South America.
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Rees and West have been using the weevil called Rhinocyllus conicus since the early 1970s.
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In Aliceville, Alabama, just two releases reduced weevil numbers by 75 percent on 54 acres of commercial cotton.
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Last summer, this approach killed about 88 percent of boll weevils on a 16-acre Weslaco research site.
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Another cotton chemical, linalool, may disrupt weevils from mating or deter them from aggregating within a cotton field.
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The farmers noticed that weevils were damaging their crops, so they had to take action.
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After discovering weevils in the pantry, they promptly discarded the infested food.
Synonyms
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A small insect like an ant or beetle
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A small insect with hard front wings that cover its back and a mouth for chewing
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A small gray beetle that lays eggs in cotton bolls and ruins cotton crops
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A small beetle that makes holes in fruit or nuts and damages crops
A small beetle with a long nose that often damages crops like grain and nuts
A large group of beetles with long snouts, like weevils
A small beetle that eats and damages crops like cotton
A small grey beetle that lays eggs in cotton bolls and damages cotton crops
A small beetle that lays eggs in seeds of plants like beans and whose young eat the seeds
A small beetle whose young live in and eat pea seeds
A small beetle whose young feed inside pea seeds
A small beetle whose young live in and eat beans and cause damage
A small brown beetle that lives in and eats stored rice
A small beetle that lives in and eats stored flour and grains
Compounds
- Specialized
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A small gray beetle that lays eggs in cotton bolls and ruins cotton crops
A small beetle that lays eggs in seeds of plants like beans and whose young eat the seeds
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word weevil comes from an old English word wifel that meant 'small beetle'. Because these tiny beetles often eat and damage stored grain and seeds, the name stuck for the snouted pests we call weevils today.