snout-beetle
21elephant beetle — noun 1. : any of several very large chiefly tropical lamellicorn beetles that bear a forked upwardly curved horn on the front of the head 2. also elephant bug : weevil * * * elephant beetle, 1. any one of several lamellicorn beetles of enormous… …
22seed beetle — any of several beetles of the family Bruchidae that infest the seeds of legumes. Also called seed weevil. * * * ▪ insect any of some 900 species of beetles (insect order Coleoptera) whose larvae live in and feed on dried seeds. Seed beetles …
23rostrum — Snout Snout (snout), n. [OE. snoute, probably of Scand, or Low German origin; cf. LG. snute, D. snuit, G. schnauze, Sw. snut, snyte, Dan. snude, Icel. sn?ta to blow the nose; probably akin to E. snuff, v.t. Cf. {Snite}, {Snot}, {Snuff}.] 1. The… …
24snoutbeetle — snout beetle n. A weevil of the family Curculionidae, having the front of the head elongated to form a snout. Also called curculio. * * * …
25weevil — /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… …
26boll 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.… …
27hymenopteran — /huy meuh nop teuhr euhn/, adj. 1. hymenopterous. n. 2. Also, hymenopter. a hymenopterous insect. [1875 80; HYMENOPTER + AN] * * * ▪ insect Introduction any member of the third largest and perhaps the most beneficial to humans of all insect… …
28List of subgroups of the order Coleoptera — This article classifies the subgroups of the order Coleoptera (beetles) down to the level of families, following the system in Volume 2 of American Beetles (2002) for all North American families (there were changes in the system between Vols. 1… …
29Oxyops vitiosa — Melaleuca leaf weevil Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia …
30weevil — wee•vil [[t]ˈwi vəl[/t]] n. ent any of numerous beetles of the family Curculionidae, having the head prolonged into a snout, and destructive to nuts, grain, fruit, etc Also called snout beetle Etymology: bef. 900; ME wevel, OE wifel, c. OS… …
