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Curculionidae

noun

true weevils: snout beetles

• Syn: ↑family Curculionidae

• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Coleoptera, ↑order Coleoptera

• Member Meronyms: ↑snout beetle, ↑Anthonomus, ↑genus Anthonomus

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\(ˌ)kərˌkyülēˈänəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Curculion-, Curculio, type genus + -idae

: a family of snout beetles (suborder Rhynchophora) consisting of the typical weevils and including many that injure fruits and crops

Useful english dictionary. 2012.