curculionoid
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Clipping of translingual Curculionoidea
Noun[edit]
curculionoid (plural curculionoids)
- (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.