weevil

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a plant-eating beetle, typically with a long snout, many species of which damage stored grain or crops

   A grain weevil had infested the peas stored in the cellar.

2. 2
   noun

   any of several similar beetles that infest food products or plants

   The biscuit weevil can survive inside packages of dry food.

Common collocations

• rice weevil Noun + noun

From Middle English wevel and Old English wifel, 'beetle,' from a Germanic word also reflected in German Wiebel. The deeper root may be related to wave or weave, perhaps referring to movement or to the woven-looking case of a larva.

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