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boll weevil

boll weevil noun: a beetle (Anthonomus grandis) measuring an average length of six millimeters (¼ inch), which feeds on cotton buds and flowers, native to Central America.

boll weevil: a beetle (Anthonomus grandis) measuring an average length of six millimeters (¼ inch), which feeds...
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Noun

boll weevil (plural boll weevils)

  1. A beetle (Anthonomus grandis) measuring an average length of six millimeters (¼ inch), which feeds on cotton buds and flowers, native to Central America.
    • “[…]What do you reckon the boll-weevils’ll eat if you dont^([sic]) get those cultivators in shape to raise them a crop?” I says, “sage grass?”1929, William Faulkner, “The Sound and the Fury”, in The Sound and the Fury & As I Lay Dying, New York, N.Y.: The Modern Library, published 1946, →OCLC, page 248
  2. (US, dated, informal) A conservative Southern Democrat.
    • As the veteran columnist John Chamberlain put it back in 1982, the ATARI Democrats ‘include many of the Southern “boll weevil” contingent that has supported Reagan on taxes, [and]^([sic]) is for using government to channel investment money to the newer “high tech” industries.2019, Richard Carr, quoting John Chamberlain, March of the Moderates […] , Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN

boll weevil meaning in Tamil

boll weevil in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பூச்சிகளில், இது முக்கியமானதொரு இனமாகும்

Forms of boll weevil

pluralboll weevils

Questions about boll weevil

What does boll weevil mean?
Boll weevil means a beetle (Anthonomus grandis) measuring an average length of six millimeters (¼ inch), which feeds on cotton buds and flowers, native to Central America.
What is boll weevil in Tamil?
Boll weevil in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பூச்சிகளில், இது முக்கியமானதொரு இனமாகும். See Boll weevil meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is boll weevil?
Boll weevil is a noun.
What is the plural of boll weevil?
The plural of boll weevil is boll weevils.

Words near boll weevil in the dictionary

  1. bolk
  2. Bolkhov
  3. Bolkhovsky
  4. bolking
  5. boll
  6. boll weevil
  7. boll weevils
  8. Bolla
  9. bollan bane
  10. Bolland
  11. Bollandism

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