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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
curculio /kəːˈkjuːlɪəʊ/

▶noun (pl. curculios) chiefly N. Amer. a weevil which is a pest of fruit trees. [Conotrachelus nenuphar (the plum curculio) and other species.]

– origin C18: mod. L., ‘corn weevil’.

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