Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A weevil which infests the plum; the plum-curculio. See cuts under
Conotrachelus and plum-gouger.
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Examples
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While the trees thrive and grow fruitful with this fertilizer, the curculio, or plum-weevil, does not appear to find it at all to its taste.
The Home Acre Edward Payson Roe 1863
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