- weevil
- wee·vil (weґvəl) any of various beetles, some of which are highly destructive to plants and food.
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Weevil — Wee vil, n. [OE. wivel, wevil, AS. wifel, wibil; akin to OD. wevel, OHG. wibil, wibel, G. wiebel, wibel, and probably to Lith. vabalas beetle, and E. weave. See {Weave}.] (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of snout beetles, or Rhynchophora,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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weevil — O.E. wifel small beetle, from P.Gmc. *webilaz (Cf. O.S. wibil, O.H.G. wibil, Ger. Wiebel beetle, chafer, O.N. tordyfill dung beetle ), cognate with Lith. vabalas beetle, from PIE root *webh to weave, also to move quickly (see … Etymology dictionary
weevil — ► NOUN ▪ a small beetle with an elongated snout, several kinds of which are pests of crops or stored foodstuffs. ORIGIN Old English … English terms dictionary
weevil — [wē′vəl] n. [ME wevel < OE wifel, akin to MLowG wevel < IE * webh , to move to and fro, WEAVE] any of various families of beetles (esp. Curculionidae) having the head prolonged into a projecting beak that usually curves downward, and… … English World dictionary
Weevil — This article is about the beetles. For other uses, see Weevil (disambiguation). Weevils Lixus angustatus Scientific classification Kingdom … Wikipedia
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weevil — /wee veuhl/, n. 1. Also called snout beetle. any of numerous beetles of the family Curculionidae, which have the head prolonged into a snout and which are destructive to nuts, grain, fruit, etc. 2. any of numerous related beetles. [bef. 900; ME… … Universalium
weevil — n. an alfalfa; boll weevil * * * boll weevil an alfalfa … Combinatory dictionary
weevil — [15] Old English had a word wifel ‘beetle’, but this appears to have died out, and weevil was probably borrowed from Middle Low German wevel. Both words had the same ultimate origin, however: prehistoric Germanic *webilaz. It is not clear whether … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
weevil — UK [ˈwiːv(ə)l] / US [ˈwɪv(ə)l] noun [countable] Word forms weevil : singular weevil plural weevils an insect that eats plants and can destroy crops … English dictionary
