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单词 weevil
释义 wee·vil
\ˈwēvəl sometimes -(ˌ)vil\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English wivil, wevel, from Old English wifel; akin to Old High German wibil beetle, Old Norse tord- yfill dung beetle, Lithuanian vabalas beetle, Old English wafian to wave — more at wave
: any of numerous snout beetles (group Rhynchophora) in which the head is elongated and usually curved downward to form a snout bearing the jaws at the tip, the antennae are usually geniculate, and the covering of the body is rough and hard and which although of small size may be very injurious as the larvae of some live in nuts, fruit, and grain and eat out the interior while the larvae of others bore under the bark and into the pith of trees and other plants — see boll weevil, pea weevil, seed weevil, strawberry crown borer
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