curculionoid

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English

Etymology

Clipping of translingual Curculionoidea

Noun

curculionoid (plural curculionoids)

  1. Any insect of the superfamily Curculionoidea, also known as weevils.
    • 2022 May 14, Ted C. MacRae, Cupressaceae:
      The first one I beat yielded a very large cryptocephaline that I had not seen on any of the other Prosopis, so I continued beating them and collected a nice series along with a few other clytrines, pachybrachines, and curculionoids.