CURCULIOS

Noun

curculios

plural of curculio

Anagrams

• cuculoris

Source: Wiktionary


CURCULIO

Cur*cu"li*o (kr-r"l-), n.; pl. Curculios (-. Etym: [L., a grain weevil.] (Zoƶl.)

Definition: One of a large group of beetles (Rhynchophora) of many genera;

– called also weevils, snout beetles, billbeetles, and billbugs. Many of the species are very destructive, as the plum curculio, the corn, grain, and rice weevils, etc.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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