weevil
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
weevil /ˈwiːv(ə)l, ˈwiːvɪl/
▶noun a small beetle with an elongated snout, several kinds of which are pests of crops or stored foodstuffs. [Curculionidae and other families: many species.]
– derivatives
weevily adjective.
weevily adjective.
– origin OE wifel ‘beetle’, from a Gmc base meaning ‘move briskly’.
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