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CURCULIONIDAE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

True weevils: snout beetles

Synonyms:

Curculionidae; family Curculionidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Curculionidae" is a kind of...):

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Curculionidae"):

snout beetle (small weevil having a prolonged snout; destructive to e.g. grains and nuts)

Anthonomus; genus Anthonomus (weevils destructive of cultivated plants)

Holonyms ("Curculionidae" is a member of...):

Coleoptera; order Coleoptera (beetles)

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