ˈāpēˌän noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek, pear; from the shape of the beak — more at pear
: a large cosmopolitan genus of small long-beaked weevils including a number of serious pests of cultivated plants
ˈāpēˌän noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek, pear; from the shape of the beak — more at pear
: a large cosmopolitan genus of small long-beaked weevils including a number of serious pests of cultivated plants
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012