WEEVIL


Meaning of WEEVIL in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈwē-vəl ]

noun

Etymology: Middle English wevel, from Old English wifel; akin to Old High German wibil beetle, Old English wefan to weave

Date: before 12th century

: any of a superfamily (Curculionoidea) of beetles which have the head prolonged into a more or less distinct snout and which include many that are destructive especially as larvae to nuts, fruit, and grain or to living plants ; especially : any of a family (Curculionidae) having a well-developed snout curved downward with the jaws at the tip and clubbed usually elbowed antennae

• wee·vily or wee·vil·ly ˈwēv-lē, ˈwē-və-lē adjective

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.