alfalfa weevil


noun
  1. a European weevil, Hypera postica, now also widely distributed in North America, that is an important pest, primarily of alfalfa, in both the larval and adult stages.

Origin of alfalfa weevil

1
First recorded in 1910–15

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How to use alfalfa weevil in a sentence

  • But it has in this country worse relatives even than the alfalfa weevil.

    Book of Monsters | David Fairchild and Marian Hubbard (Bell) Fairchild