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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}.]
(Zool.)
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 weevil, or curculio, the nut weevils, and the grain
weevil (see under {Plum}, {Nut}, and {Grain}). The larvae of
other species bore under the bark and into the pith of trees
and various other plants, as the pine weevils (see under
{Pine}). See also {Pea weevil}, {Rice weevil}, {Seed weevil},
under {Pea}, {Rice}, and {Seed}.
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