weevil

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Too bad nobody is weevil enough to sign up a few million bogus new users.

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Any of many similar, but more distantly related, beetles such as the biscuit weevil (Stegobium paniceum).

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noun

Any of many similar, but more distantly related, beetles such as the biscuit weevil (Stegobium paniceum).

noun

(figurative, derogatory) A loathsome person.

noun

Any of many tens of thousands of species of herbivorous beetles, ranging in size from tiny to large, in the superfamily Curculionoidea, the most characteristic species having the head projecting in a distinctive snout with the mouthparts at the tip.

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Core meanings and parts of speech for weevil.

noun

Any of many similar, but more distantly related, beetles such as the biscuit weevil (Stegobium paniceum).

noun

(figurative, derogatory) A loathsome person.

noun

Any of many tens of thousands of species of herbivorous beetles of various sizes, in the family Curculionidae within the superfamily Curculionoidea.

Example sentences

Too bad nobody is weevil enough to sign up a few million bogus new users.

The Boll Weevil drove his parents out of Eufala and to Tuscaloosa for work and so he went to college there.

Nobody batted an eye when the government did the exact same thing for the Spanish Flu, or the Boll Weevil blight, or smallpox.

California rice having low levels fits with sevensor's theory about boll weevil control with arsenates on fields used for cotton and later for rice.

Because calcium arsenate was used to kill the boll weevil.

Well, that's like saying you blew a Google interview question because you failed to recognize a black vine weevil, therefore keeping up with entomology is pretty important.

But in all other places, buying large bags of rice, flour and lentils is a recipe for infestation by insects (rice would have rice weevil eggs in it).

Ps/ I like that it makes your camera look like a weevil.

Otoh, the weevil might not be universal.

>> individually plucking each weed or weevil, and metering just the right amount of water for each individual plant, so that all the crops are organic.

The The Coconuts boom ended with the onset of the Great Depression...at least for those who believe it soft started with events like the Florida land crash and the Boll Weevil infestation across the South.

My long term dream is that robotics take over farming, individually plucking each weed or weevil, and metering just the right amount of water for each individual plant, so that all the crops are organic.

Quote examples

> "The hip of Trigonopterus oblongus.." Screws are also found in nature, like this weevil uses a screw 100 million years ago, to move a joint allowing it to cling onto plants more robustly.