English-Thai Dictionary

weevil

N ตัว ด้วง  อยู่ ใน ตระกูล  Curculionidae ด้วง  snout beetle tua-duang-yu-nai-tra-kuan

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

WEEVIL

n.[G.] A small insect that does great damage to wheat or other corn, by eating into the grains and devouring the farinaceous part. This insect is of the beetle kind, somewhat large than a louse.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

WEEVIL

Wee "vil, n. Etym: [OE. wivel, wevil, AS. wifel, wibil; akin to OD. wevel, OHG. wibil, wibel, G. wiebel, wibel, and probably to Lith. vabalas beetle, and E. weave. See Weave. ] (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: Any one of numerous species of snout beetles, or Rhynchophora, in which the head is elongated and usually curved downward. Many of the species are very injurious to cultivated plants. The larvæ of some of the species live in nuts, fruit, and grain by eating out the interior, as the plum weevil, or curculio, the nut weevils, and the grain weevil (see under Plum, Nut, and Grain ). The larvæ of other species bore under the bark and into the pith of trees and various other plants, as the pine weevils (see under Pine ). See also Pea weevil, Rice weevil, Seed weevil, under Pea, Rice, and Seed.

 

WEEVILED

WEEVILED Wee "viled, a.

 

Defn: Infested by weevils; as, weeviled grain. [Written also weevilled.]

 

WEEVILY

WEEVILY Wee "vil *y, a.

 

Defn: Having weevils; weeviled. [Written also weevilly.]

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

weevil

wee vil |ˈwēvəl ˈwivəl | ▶noun a small beetle with an elongated snout, the larvae of which typically develop inside seeds, stems, or other plant parts. Many are pests of crops or stored foodstuffs. Also called snout beetle. [Curculionidae and other families in the superfamily Curculionoidea: numerous genera. ] • informal any small insect that damages stored grain. DERIVATIVES wee vil y adjective ORIGIN Old English wifel ‘beetle, ’ from a Germanic base meaning ‘move briskly. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

weevil

weevil |ˈwiːv (ə )l, ˈwiːvɪl | ▶noun a small beetle with an elongated snout, the larvae of which typically develop inside seeds, stems, or other plant parts. Many are pests of crops or stored foodstuffs. ●Curculionidae and other families in the superfamily Curculionoidea: numerous genera. • informal any small insect that damages stored grain. DERIVATIVES weevily adjective ORIGIN Old English wifel ‘beetle ’, from a Germanic base meaning ‘move briskly ’.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

weevil

wee vil /wíːv (ə )l /名詞 C 〘虫 〙ゾウムシ 〘穀物などを食べる 〙.