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curculio


cur·cu·li·o

C0811500 (kər-kyo͞o′lē-ō′)n. pl. cur·cu·li·os A snout beetle, especially one that is a pest of fruit trees.
[New Latin Curculiō, type genus, from Latin curculiō, a kind of weevil.]

curculio

(kɜːˈkjuːlɪˌəʊ) n, pl -lios (Animals) any of various American weevils, esp Conotrachelus nenuphar (plum curculio), a pest of fruit trees[C18: from Latin: grain weevil]

cur•cu•li•o

(kɜrˈkyu liˌoʊ)

n., pl. -li•os. any of several weevils, esp. of the genus Conotrachelus, that feed on fruits. [1750–60; < Latin: weevil, corn worm]

curculio


curculio

(kərkyo͞o`lēō), name applied to various weevilsweevil,
common name for certain beetles of the snout beetle family (Curculionidae), small, usually dull-colored, hard-bodied insects. The mouthparts of snout beetles are modified into down-curved snouts, or beaks, adapted for boring into plants; the jaws are at the end of the
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 (members of the snout beetle family, or Curculionidae), especially those that attack fruit. The term is sometimes limited to the acorn and nut weevils of the genus Curculio, characterized by extremely long beaks adapted for boring. The females, whose beaks may be twice as long as their bodies, lay their eggs in holes bored in the nuts. The larvae feed on the nuts, later pupating (see insectinsect,
invertebrate animal of the class Insecta of the phylum Arthropoda. Like other arthropods, an insect has a hard outer covering, or exoskeleton, a segmented body, and jointed legs. Adult insects typically have wings and are the only flying invertebrates.
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) in the soil. The plum curculio, Conotrachelus nenuphar, is a serious pest of peach, plum, cherry, and apple, causing deformed and prematurely falling fruit. In spring the adults leave their winter shelter in piles of rubbish and fly to blossoming or early fruiting trees, where they feed for a week or more before mating. Eggs are laid in the fruit in slits made by the female, and the larvae feed for two to three weeks before pupating in the ground. Curculios are classified in the phylum ArthropodaArthropoda
[Gr.,=jointed feet], largest and most diverse animal phylum. The arthropods include crustaceans, insects, centipedes, millipedes, spiders, scorpions, and the extinct trilobites.
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, class Insecta, order Coleoptera, family Curculionidae.
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