Curculio (k?r-r?l?-?), n.; pl. Curculios (-&unr_;z). [L., a grain weevil.] (Zoöl.) One of a large group of beetles (Rhynchophora) of many genera; -- called also weevils, snout beetles, billbeetles, and billbugs. Many of the species are very destructive, as the plum curculio, the corn, grain, and rice weevils, etc.
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