weevil: Meaning and Definition of

wee•vil

Pronunciation: (wē'vul), [key]
— n.
  1. Also calledany 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.
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