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boll weevil
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Wikipedia
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The boll weevil ( Anthonomus grandis ) is a beetle which feeds on cotton buds and flowers. Thought to be native to Central America , it migrated into the United States from Mexico in the late 19th century and had infested all U.S. cotton-growing areas by ...
Wiktionary
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n. beetle measuring an average length of six millimeters (¼ inch), which feeds on cotton buds and flowers, native to Central America
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ The boll weevil infests cotton fields and millionaires go bankrupt.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. grayish weevil that lays its eggs in cotton bolls destroying the cotton [syn: Anthonomus grandis ]
Usage examples of boll weevil.
They caught him and his master, Fianelli, who had been hiding like a boll weevil right in the middle of his hunters.
The boll weevil came along and ate all the cotton, and we had to find something else to do with the land.
Co-Lateral Symbiosis of the Boll Weevil, and so on, through three inches of fine print The old boy seemed to be a heavyweight.