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单词 boll weevil
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
ˈboll ˈwee•vil, n. [countable]
  1. Insectsa beetle that attacks bolls of cotton.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
boll′ wee′vil, 
    1. Insectsa snout beetle, Anthonomus grandis, that attacks the bolls of cotton.
    2. Government[Informal.](esp. in the U.S. Congress) a Southern Democrat with conservative views who often votes with the Republicans as part of a Southern or conservative power bloc.
    • 1890–95, American.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
boll weevil n
  1. a greyish weevil, Anthonomus grandis, of the southern US and Mexico, whose larvae live in and destroy cotton bolls
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