weevil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwiːv(ə)l/
ipa: /ˈwiːvɪl/
rhymes: -iːvəl
Forms: form: weevils
Etymology: From Middle English wevel, from Old English wifel (“beetle”), from Proto-West Germanic *wibil, from Proto-Germanic *wibilaz, from Proto-Indo-European *webʰel-, from *(h₁)webʰ- (“to wave, to weave”), said to be from the woven appearance of a weevil’s larval case, + *-el-, *-l̥- (diminutive or attributive suffix); see also wave and weave.
Compare Old Saxon *wivil (“beetle”); Middle Low German wevel; Old High German wibil, wipil (modern German Wiebel (“beetle; chafer”)); Lithuanian vãbalas (“beetle; weevil”); Old Norse vifill, as in tordyfill (“dung beetle, scarab”) (whence Dutch tortwevel; Icelandic tordýfill, Norwegian tordivel, Old English tordwifel, Swedish tordyvel); dialectal Russian ве́блица (véblica, “intestinal worm”).
Senses: glosses: Any of many tens of thousands of species of herbivorous beetles, ranging in size from tiny to large, in the superfamily Curculionoidea, the most characteristic species having the head projecting in a distinctive snout with the mouthparts at the tip.
glosses: Any of many tens of thousands of species of herbivorous beetles of various sizes, in the family Curculionidae within the superfamily Curculionoidea.
glosses: Any of many similar, but more distantly related, beetles such as the biscuit weevil (Stegobium paniceum).
examples: text: But you accuse other men of villainy with too easy a tongue, you weevil. I have never wanted you in this matter, and I have said so.
ref: 1950, Jack Lindsay, Fires in Smithfield. A Novel of Mary Tudor’s Reign, London: The Bodley Head, →OCLC, page 201:
glosses: A loathsome person.
Synonyms: sense: beetle of the family Curculionidae
word: snout beetle
sense: beetle of the family Curculionidae
word: true weevil
sense: beetle of the family Curculionidae
word: nunu
Derived terms: taxonomic: Curculio spp.
word: acorn weevil
taxonomic: Hypera postica
word: alfalfa weevil
taxonomic: Anthonomus pomorum
word: apple blossom weevil
taxonomic: Rhynchaenus pallicornis
word: apple flea weevil
word: ash weevil
word: banana root weevil
taxonomic: Cosmopolites sordidus
word: banana weevil
taxonomic: Acanthoscelides obtectus
alt: et al.
word: bean weevil
taxonomic: Stegobium paniceum
word: biscuit weevil
taxonomic: Otiorhynchus sulcatus
word: black vine weevil
taxonomic: Sitophilus oryzae
word: black weevil
taxonomic: Anthonomus grandis
word: boll weevil
taxonomic: Bruchus rufimanus
word: broad-bean weevil
taxonomic: Entiminae spp.
word: broad-nosed weevil
word: cabbage seedpod weevil
english: species
translation: species
word: cabbage seed weevil
taxonomic: Listronotus oregonensis
word: carrot weevil
taxonomic: Curculio auriger
alt: C. proboscideus
word: chestnut weevil
taxonomic: Hypera punctata
word: clover leaf weevil
taxonomic: Tychius picirostris
word: clover-seed weevil
taxonomic: Protapion apricans
alt: syn. Apion apricans
word: clover weevil
taxonomic: Araecerus fasciculatus
word: coffee-bean weevil
taxonomic: Sitophilus granarius
word: corn weevil
taxonomic: Anthonomus grandis
word: cotton-boll weevil
taxonomic: Callosobruchus maculatus
word: cowpea weevil
alt: Malenterpes spinipes
word: dicky rice weevil
taxonomic: Stegobium paniceum
word: drugstore weevil
taxonomic: Hypera brunneipennis
word: Egyptian alfalfa weevil
alt: Syagrius fulvitarsis
word: fern weevil
taxonomic: Anagotus fairburni
word: flax weevil
taxonomic: Rhamphini spp.
word: flea weevil
english: Tribolium spp. et al.
translation: Tribolium spp. et al.
word: flour weevil
taxonomic: Baridinae spp.
word: flower weevil
taxonomic: Pantomorus godmani
word: Fuller's rose weevil
taxonomic: Anthribidae spp.
word: fungus weevil
taxonomic: Trachelophorus giraffa
word: giraffe weevil
word: gorse seed weevil
taxonomic: Exapion ulicis
alt: syn. Apion ulicis
word: gorse weevil
word: grain weevil
taxonomic: Sitophilus granarius
word: granary weevil
taxonomic: Sitophilus zeamais
word: greater rice weevil
taxonomic: Hypera nigrirostris
word: lesser clover leaf weevil
taxonomic: Sitophilus zeamais
word: maize weevil
taxonomic: Sternochetus mangiferae
word: mango weevil
taxonomic: Ithycerus noveboracensis
word: New York weevil
taxonomic: Lasiorhynchus barbicornis
word: New Zealand giraffe weevil
word: ngaio weevil
taxonomic: Curculio spp.
word: nut weevil
taxonomic: Hylobius pales
word: pales weevil
taxonomic: Rhynchophorus cruentatus
word: palmetto weevil
taxonomic: Rhynchophorus spp.
word: palm weevil
alt: Ithycercus noveboracensis
word: peach weevil
taxonomic: Acanthoscelides obtectus
word: pea weevil
taxonomic: Curculio caryae
word: pecan weevil
taxonomic: Anthonomus eugenii
word: pepper weevil
alt: Podapion gallicola
word: pine gall weevil
alt: Cylindrocopturus eatoni
word: pine reproduction weevil
taxonomic: Hylobius radicis
word: pine root-collar weevil
taxonomic: Hylobius abietis
word: pine weevil
taxonomic: Conotrachelus nenuphar
word: plum weevil
alt: Trichobaris trinotata
word: potato weevil
taxonomic: Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus
word: rice water weevil
taxonomic: Sitophilus oryzae
word: rice weevil
alt: Baryopadus spp. et al.
word: root weevil
taxonomic: Pantomorus godmani
word: rose weevil
english: Bruchinae
translation: Bruchinae
word: seed weevil
taxonomic: Pissodes sitchensis
word: Sitka spruce weevil
taxonomic: Anthonomus vestitus
word: square weevil
word: strawberry bud weevil
taxonomic: Otiorhynchus ovatus
word: strawberry root weevil
taxonomic: Anthonomus signatus
word: strawberry weevil
alt: Desmoris spp.
word: sunflower seed weevil
taxonomic: Sitona cylindricollis
word: sweetclover weevil
taxonomic: Cylas formicarius
word: sweet potato weevil
taxonomic: Anthonomus grandis thurberiae
word: thurberia weevil
taxonomic: Curculionidae spp.
word: true weevil
taxonomic: Listroderes obliquus
word: vegetable weevil
taxonomic: Otiorhynchus sulcatus
word: vine weevil
alt: Conotrachelus retentus et al.
word: walnut weevil
taxonomic: Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus
word: water weevil
word: weevily
taxonomic: Metamasius hemipterus
word: West Indian cane weevil
taxonomic: Sitophilus granarius
word: wheat weevil
taxonomic: Naupactus leucoloma
alt: syns. Pantomorus leucoloma, Graphognathus leucoloma
word: white-fringed weevil
taxonomic: Pissodes strobi
word: white-pine weevil