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curculionoid

curculionoid noun: any insect of the superfamily Curculionoidea, also known as weevils.

Noun

curculionoid (plural curculionoids)

  1. Any insect of the superfamily Curculionoidea, also known as weevils.
    • The first one I beat yielded a very large cryptocephaline that I had not seen on any of the other Prosopis, so I continued beating them and collected a nice series along with a few other clytrines, pachybrachines, and curculionoids.2022 May 14, Ted C. MacRae, Cupressaceae

Forms of curculionoid

pluralcurculionoids

Origin of curculionoid

Clipping of taxonomic name Curculionoidea.

Questions about curculionoid

What does curculionoid mean?
Curculionoid means any insect of the superfamily Curculionoidea, also known as weevils.
What part of speech is curculionoid?
Curculionoid is a noun.
What is the plural of curculionoid?
The plural of curculionoid is curculionoids.

Words near curculionoid in the dictionary

  1. curculio
  2. curculionid
  3. curculionidous
  4. curculionids
  5. curculionine
  6. curculionoid
  7. curculionoids
  8. curculios
  9. curcuma
  10. curcumas
  11. curcumene

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