Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of several weevils, especially of the genus Sphenophorus, that feed on and damage turf grasses and cereal grasses such as corn.
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- noun US
weevil
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[bill + bug.]
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Examples
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In Florida, the most serious insect pest is the billbug, Calendra cariosa, and the crop is also attacked by a stem nematode, Ditylenchus spp. and by the awl nematode,
Chapter 13 1987
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