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hog-beetle

hog-beetle noun: a weevil of the family Curculionidae.

Noun

hog-beetle

  1. (dated, obsolete) A weevil of the family Curculionidae.
  2. (dated, obsolete) A common pill-bug (Armadillidium vulgare).

Questions about hog-beetle

What does hog-beetle mean?
Hog-beetle means a weevil of the family Curculionidae.
What part of speech is hog-beetle?
Hog-beetle is a noun.

Words near hog-beetle in the dictionary

  1. hog-babe
  2. hog-backed
  3. hog-baying
  4. hog-bed
  5. hog-beds
  6. hog-beetle
  7. hog-cistern
  8. hog-cisterns
  9. hog-corn ratio
  10. hog-corn ratios
  11. hog-dogging

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