boll weevil
1boll weevil — ☆ boll weevil n. 1. a small, grayish weevil (Anthonomus grandis) with a long snout, whose larvae, when hatched in the immature bolls of cotton plants, destroy the bolls 2. Slang a conservative Democratic politician from a state of the southern… …
2boll weevil — n an insect that eats and destroys cotton plants …
3boll weevil — boll ,weevil noun count an insect that lives in North America and damages cotton plants …
4Boll weevil — For other uses, see Boll weevil (disambiguation). Boll Weevil Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia …
5boll weevil — 1. a snout beetle, Anthonomus grandis, that attacks the bolls of cotton. 2. 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.… …
6boll weevil — noun greyish weevil that lays its eggs in cotton bolls destroying the cotton • Syn: ↑Anthonomus grandis • Hypernyms: ↑weevil • Member Holonyms: ↑Anthonomus, ↑genus Anthonomus * * * noun, pl ⋯ vils [count] …
7boll weevil — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms boll weevil : singular boll weevil plural boll weevils an insect that lives in North America and damages cotton plants …
8Boll weevil (disambiguation) — Boll weevil may refer to:* Boll weevil, a beetle * Bo Weavil Jackson, a blues musician * Boll weevil (politics), an American political term used in the mid and late 20th century * Boll Weevil (restaurant), a restaurant chain * Boll Weevil… …
9boll weevil — boll′ wee′vil n. ent a snout beetle, Anthonomus grandis, that attacks the bolls of cotton • Etymology: 1890–95, amer …
10Boll Weevil Eradication Program — The Boll Weevil Eradication Program is a program sponsored by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) that has sought to eradicate the boll weevil in the cotton growing areas of the United States. It is one of the world s most… …
