Curculionid
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Curculionid is a noun meaning Any weevil of the family Curculionidae.
Meaning
Any weevil of the family Curculionidae.
Example Sentences
At first, I swept the lowest-growing plants, collecting a variety of mostly chrysomelids and curculionids and even one Agrilus sp., before moving to beating along the sunny edges of the patches of taller shrubs and collecting similar species (but no Agrilus sp.).
Word Forms
- curculionids
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include curculionoid, curculio, weevil, culicidian, culicine, brachycerid.
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