BOLL WEEVIL

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Greyish weevil that lays its eggs in cotton bolls destroying the cotton

Synonyms:

Anthonomus grandis; boll weevil

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("boll weevil" is a kind of...):

weevil (any of several families of mostly small beetles that feed on plants and plant products; especially snout beetles and seed beetles)

Holonyms ("boll weevil" is a member of...):

Anthonomus; genus Anthonomus (weevils destructive of cultivated plants)

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