noun
a small beetle that infests the seeds of legumes
• Syn: ↑seed weevil
• Hypernyms: ↑weevil
• Hyponyms: ↑pea weevil, ↑Bruchus pisorum, ↑bean weevil, ↑Acanthoscelides obtectus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Bruchidae, ↑family Bruchidae
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noun : a beetle (as a bean weevil or pea weevil) that feeds on the seeds of plants
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any of several beetles of the family Bruchidae that infest the seeds of legumes. Also called seed weevil.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.