Look up: weevil

1. Weevil
   [Torchwood] Weevils are a fictional extraterrestrial species from the British science fiction television series Torchwood, first appearing in the episode "Everything Changes". As Jack Harkness explains in that episode, the name "Weevil" is applied to them by Torchwood, but as communication w...
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2. weevil
   [n] - any of several families of mostly small beetles that feed on plants and plant products
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3. weevil
   shortened form of boll weevil. See boll weevil.
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4. Weevil
   Series of lightweight cross-country vehicles, Southam [UK]
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5. weevil
   a beetle of the extensive family Curculionidae,characterised by the head of the adult being more or less prolonged into a snout bearing clubbed,generally bent,antennae,and by curved,legless larvae Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries
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6. Weevil
   Wee'vil noun [ Middle English wivel , wevil , Anglo-Saxon wifel , wibil ; akin to OD. wevel , Old High German wibil , wibel , German wiebel , wibel , and probably to Lithuanian vabal...
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7. weevil
   <zoology> Any one of numerous species of snout beetles, or Rhynchophora, in which the head is elongated and usually curved downward. Many of the species are very injurious to cultivated plants. The larvae of some of the species live in nuts, fruit, and grain by eating out the interior, as the ...
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8. weevil
   noun any of several families of mostly small beetles that feed on plants and plant products; especially snout beetles and seed beetles
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9. Weevil
   • (n.) Any one of numerous species of snout beetles, or Rhynchophora, in which the head is elongated and usually curved downward. Many of the species are very injurious to cultivated plants. The larvae of some of the species live in nuts, fruit, and grain by eating out the interior, as the plum...
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10. weevil
    true weevil of the insect order Coleoptera (beetles and weevils). Curculionidae not only is the largest coleopteran family (about 40,000 species) but ... [2 related articles]
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11. Weevil
    [band] Weevil were a British indietronica duo from London, formed in 1999, consisting of Jonny Pilcher and Tom Betts. ==History== After releasing their self-titled debut album in 2001, were signed by Wichita Recordings. In 2004 they toured as part of Wichita`s `The Music Machines` touring pa...
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12. Weevil
    [disambiguation] Weevil can mean: ...
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13. Weevil
    Attelabidae — leaf rolling weevils Belidae — primitive weevils Brentidae — straight snout weevils Curculionidae — true weevils Many weevils are damaging to crops. The grain or wheat weevil (Sitophilus granarius) damages stored grain. The boll weevil (Anthonomus grandis) attacks cotton crops...
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14. weevil
    weevil, 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 snout. The bent antenna...
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15. weevil
    Any of a superfamily (Curculionoidea) of beetles, usually less than 6 mm/0.25 in in length, and with a head prolonged into a downward beak, which is used for boring into plant stems and trees for feeding. The larvae are usually white and the adults green, black, or brown. There are approximately 570 species of weevil in Britain and 40,000 known...
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