English - Turkish
Definition of weevil in English Turkish dictionary
- buğdaybiti
- ekin kurdu
- ekinbiti
- ekinbit
- kurtlu
- bitki kurtlarından birkaç cins
- {i} pamukkurdu
- {i} buğday biti
- pamuk kurdu
Pamuk kurdu uzun zamandır pamuklu bitkilerin başına bela olmuş durumda.
-The boll weevil has long plagued cotton crops.
- weevillykurtlanmış
- i., zool. buğdaybiti
- boll weevil
- pamuk kurdu
Pamuk kurdu uzun zamandır pamuklu bitkilerin başına bela olmuş durumda.
-The boll weevil has long plagued cotton crops.
- plum weevil
- erik pamukkurdu
- nut weevil
- fındıkbiti
Related Terms
English - English
Definition of weevil in English English dictionary
- Any of several similar but more distantly related beetles such as the biscuit weevil
- Any of several small herbivorous beetles in the family Curculionidae belonging to the superfamily Curculionoidea
- Any of several small herbivorous beetles in the superfamily Curculionoidea. Many of them have a distinctive snout
- {n} an insect injurious to grain
- The larvæ of other species bore under the bark and into the pith of trees and various other plants, as the pine weevils (see under Pine)
- {i} beetle that has a snout-like projection and feeds on various grains and fruits
- any of several families of mostly small beetles that feed on plants and plant products; especially snout weevils and seed weevils
- The larvæ of some of the species live in nuts, fruit, and grain by eating out the interior, as the plum weevil, or curculio, the nut weevils, and the grain weevil (see under Plum, Nut, and Grain)
- A weevil is a small insect which feeds on grain and seeds, and destroys crops. a small insect that feeds on grain, flour etc and spoils it. or snout beetle Any of about 40,000 beetle species in the largest family of beetles, Curculionidae, which is also the largest family in the animal kingdom. Most weevils have long, elbowed antennae that may fold into special grooves on the prominent snout. Many species are wingless. Most species are less than 0.25 in. (6 mm) long, are plainly coloured and marked, and feed exclusively on plants. Some species are more than 3 in. (80 mm) long. The larvae may feed on only a certain part of a plant or a single plant species; adults are less specialized. The family includes many destructive pests, including the boll weevil
- See also Pea weevil, Rice weevil, Seed weevil, under Pea, Rice, and Seed
- Many of the species are very injurious to cultivated plants
- Any one of numerous species of snout beetles, or Rhynchophora, in which the head is elongated and usually curved downward
- alfalfa weevil
- a European weevil, Hypera postica, that infests alfalfa crops
- boll weevil
- beetle measuring an average length of six millimeters (¼ inch), which feeds on cotton buds and flowers, native to Central America
- giraffe weevil
- A weevil (Trachelophorus giraffa) endemic to Madagascar. It derives its name from an extended neck much like that of the common giraffe
- maize weevil
- This word needs a definition. Please help out and add a definition, then remove the text {{rfdef}}
- pine weevil
- a species of weevils that can cause damage on young spruce seedlings
- rice weevil
- This word needs a definition. Please help out and add a definition, then remove the text {{rfdef}}
- alfalfa weevil
- A weevil (Hypera postica) native to Europe that has widely infested North American alfalfa crops
- bean weevil
- larvae live in and feed on growing or stored beans
- boll weevil
- grayish weevil that lays its eggs in cotton bolls destroying the cotton
- boll weevil
- A small, greyish beetle of the southeastern United States with destructive larvae that hatch in and damage cotton bolls
- boll weevil
- A conservative Democratic politician from a state in the southern U S : a slang term
- boll weevil
- an insect that eats and destroys cotton plants. Small beetle (Anthonomus grandis) found almost everywhere cotton is cultivated. It is the most serious cotton pest in North America. Adults vary in size according to how much food they received as larvae, but they average about 0.25 in. (6 mm) long, including the long, curved snout. In the spring adults deposit eggs in cotton buds or fruit. After hatching, the larvae live within the cotton boll, destroying the seeds and surrounding fibres. Because the larvae and pupae remain inside the cotton bolls, they cannot be killed with insecticides. The boll weevil destroys an estimated three to five million bales of cotton annually
- pea weevil
- larvae live in and feed on seeds of the pea plant
- rice weevil
- brown weevil that infests stored grain especially rice
- rice weevil
- A small destructive insect (Sitophilus oryzae) that infests stored grain and cereal products
- seed weevil
- Any of various small beetles of the family Bruchidae whose larvae bore into and feed on the dried seeds of peas, beans, and similar plants
- weevils
- plural of weevil
- weevils
- snout
- weevily
- Having weevils; weeviled
- weevily
- {s} full of weevils (i.e. a field)
Related Terms
weevil
Hyphenation
wee·vilTurkish pronunciation
wivılPronunciation
/ˈwēvəl/ /ˈwiːvəl/
Etymology
() Middle English wevel, from Old English wifel, from Proto-Germanic *weƀilaz (cf. Dutch tortwevel ‘dung beetle’, Low German Scharnwevel ‘id.’, German Wiebel ‘beetle, chafer’), from Proto-Indo-European *u̯ebhel (cf. Lithuanian vãbalas ‘beetle, weevil’, Russian dialect веблица (veblica, “intestinal worm”)), from *( h1)u̯ebh- ‘to weave, wave’. More at weave and wave.Resimler
History
Favorites