weevil
noun/ˈwiːvl/
/ˈwiːvl/
- a small insect with a hard shell, that eats grain, nuts and other seeds and destroys cropsTopics Insects, worms, etc.c2Word OriginOld English wifel ‘beetle’, from a Germanic base meaning ‘move briskly’.
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