noun
larvae live in and feed on seeds of the pea plant
• Syn: ↑Bruchus pisorum
• Hypernyms: ↑seed beetle, ↑seed weevil
• Member Holonyms: ↑Bruchus, ↑genus Bruchus
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noun1. : a small weevil (Bruchus pisorum) that destroys peas by eating out the interior
2. : a European weevil (Sitona lineatus) that feeds on the leaves of peas
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a seed beetle, Bruchus pisorum, the larvae of which live in and feed on the seeds of the pea plant.
[1835-45, Amer.]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.