weevillike

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English

Etymology

From weevil +‎ -like.

Adjective

weevillike (comparative more weevillike, superlative most weevillike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a weevil.
    • 1932, Technical Bulletin, number 319, U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 29:
      The larva at this time is 0.3 mm in length and quite different in form from the two preceding stages, being almost globular, markedly weevillike, and with the segmentation distinct.
    • 1961, Joseph Heller, Catch-22:
      He came to in the ambulance and smiled encouragement at Doc Daneeka's weevillike, glum and overshadowed countenance for the dizzy second or two he had before everything went rose-petal pink again and then turned really black []