n.1 any destructive beetle of the family Curculionidae, with its head extended into a beak or rostrum and feeding esp. on grain.
2 any insect damaging stored grain.
Derivatives:
weevily adj.
Etymology: ME f. MLG wevel f. Gmc
n.1 any destructive beetle of the family Curculionidae, with its head extended into a beak or rostrum and feeding esp. on grain.
2 any insect damaging stored grain.
Derivatives:
weevily adj.
Etymology: ME f. MLG wevel f. Gmc
Oxford English vocab. Оксфордский английский словарь. 2012