单词 | snout-beetle |
释义 | > as lemmassnout-beetle snout-beetle n. one or other of several species of beetles characterized by having the head prolonged into a rostrum or proboscis. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Polyphaga (omnivorous) > superfamily Curculionoidea or Rhyncophora > member of (snout-beetle) weevilc1440 snout-beetle1869 1869 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Agric. 1868 308 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (40th Congr., 3rd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc.) XV The Curculionidæ, snout beetles, or weevils, infest grain, seeds, or fruits. 1889 Cent. Dict. Otiorhynchidæ, an important family of rhynchophorous Coleoptera, or snout-beetles. < as lemmas |
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