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- noun Plural form of
curculio .
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Examples
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One man plants an orchard and does all he can to destroy noxious insects; another man near him also has an orchard, but his orchard serves no purpose but to propagate "curculios," "canker-worms," "bark-lice," "tent caterpillars,"
The $100 Prize Essay on the Cultivation of the Potato. Prize offered by W. T. Wylie and awarded to D. H. Compton. How to Cook the Potato, Furnished by Prof. Blot. D. A. Compton 1846
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The weevils have sometimes been called curculios, under which name they were well discussed by Brooks and Cotton. [
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I've suspected for a couple of years that I have curculios, but never tried to get rid of them.
peach orchard continued scusteister 2008
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They are scab-free, but the curculios have certainly had their way with them.
peach orchard scusteister 2008
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In 1946 the part of the chestnut crop that was harvested was infested with the chestnut curculios.
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With us, the damage they do is as nothing compared to that caused by the curculios, the strawberry root worm beetles and the leaf hoppers.
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We selected what proved to be a very poor site for them, adjacent to and nearly surrounded by woodland, in which were a goodly supply of butternut curculios which we have found to be by far the worst insect enemy of the Persian walnut.
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If left to run wild, the butternut curculios are a serious menace to the butternut, the Japanese walnut and the Persian walnut.
Northern Nut Growers Association Thirty-Fourth Annual Report 1943
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We are getting the upper hand of the curculios by the use of cryolite spray but the root-worm beetle problem is still unsolved.
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In spite of the small amount of dust that came out, it proved sufficient to keep the curculios away or else to kill them so that there is no sign of any damage at this writing.
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