/wee"veuhl/ , n.
1. Also called snout beetle . any 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.
[ bef. 900; ME wevel, OE wifel; c. OHG wibil beetle; akin to WAVE ]