PEA WEEVIL

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Larvae live in and feed on seeds of the pea plant

Synonyms:

Bruchus pisorum; pea weevil

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

seed beetle; seed weevil (a small beetle that infests the seeds of legumes)

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

Bruchus; genus Bruchus (type genus of the Bruchidae)

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