curculionoid

English

Etymology

Clipping of translingual Curculionoidea

Noun

curculionoid (plural curculionoids)

1. (entomology) Any insect of the superfamily Curculionoidea, also known as weevils.
   • 2022 May 14, Ted C. MacRae, Cupressaceae‎^[1]:

     The first one I beat yielded a very large cryptocephaline that I had not seen on any of the other Prosopis, so I continued beating them and collected a nice series along with a few other clytrines, pachybrachines, and curculionoids.

Related terms

• curculionid