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strawberry-beetle

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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In America, the little curculionid, Anthonomus signatus, a small blackish beetle which lays its eggs in the developing buds of the strawberry. Also called the strawberry-weevil.
  • noun An Australian curculionid, Rhinaria perdix, whose larva bores into the crown and leafstalks of the strawberry.

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