nut weevil

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noun

any of several snout beetles of the genus Balaninus, the larvae of which live in and feed on nuts and acorns.

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Origin of nut weevil

First recorded in 1795–1805

Beech-Nut is still in existence, and is the third largest baby food manufacturer in the United States.
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White King Soap sponsored the show on the West Coast, and Beech-Nut Gum in the East.
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The Donbass region is a harder nut to crack—the Ukrainians are determined to keep it.
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And cotton crops would often fail when pests like the boll weevil tore through the fields.
Growth Stocks|The Daily Beast|October 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST

During the first 32 minutes of Left Behind, the message is this: Christians are nut jobs.
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This was a hard nut to crack, if his past were not to be ruthlessly severed from Angel's by a word.
Rosemary in Search of a Father|C. N. Williamson
It is prepared from the nut of the areca palm, one of the most beautiful trees in the world.
Alila, Our Little Philippine Cousin|Mary Hazelton Wade
For each guest there was a cocoa-nut shell, half-filled with miti, a sourish beverage extracted from the cocoa-palm.
A Woman's Journey Round the World|Ida Pfeiffer
We had each of us a fresh cocoa-nut with a hole bored in it, containing at least a pint of clear, sweet-tasting water.
A Woman's Journey Round the World|Ida Pfeiffer
It is about the size of a nut, with a brown verrucous outside; the edible part is white and tender, and the kernel black.
A Woman's Journey Round the World|Ida Pfeiffer