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Webster 1913 Edition
Curculio
Cur-cu′li-o
(k?r-r?′l?-?)
, Noun.
pl.
Curculios
(-[GREEK]z)
. [L., a grain weevil.]
(Zool.)
One of a large group of beetles (
Rhynchophora
) of many genera; – called also weevils
, snout beetles
, billbeetles
, and billbugs
. Many of the species are very destructive, as the plum curculio, the corn, grain, and rice weevils, etc.