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pepper weevil

pepper weevil noun: a beetle of species Anthonomus eugenii.

Noun

pepper weevil (plural pepper weevils)

  1. A beetle of species Anthonomus eugenii.

Forms of pepper weevil

pluralpepper weevils

Origin of pepper weevil

They feed and lay eggs on capsicum peppers and related plants.

Questions about pepper weevil

What does pepper weevil mean?
Pepper weevil means a beetle of species Anthonomus eugenii.
What part of speech is pepper weevil?
Pepper weevil is a noun.
What is the plural of pepper weevil?
The plural of pepper weevil is pepper weevils.

Words near pepper weevil in the dictionary

  1. Pepper syndrome
  2. pepper tree
  3. pepper trees
  4. pepper up
  5. pepper vine
  6. pepper weevil
  7. pepper weevils
  8. Pepper X
  9. Pepper's ghost
  10. Pepper's ghosts
  11. pepper-and-salt

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