rice weevil
noun
a brown weevil, Sitophilus oryzae, that infests, breeds in, and feeds on stored grains, especially rice.
Words nearby rice weevil
rice bowl, rice coal, rice grass, rice paper, rice rat, rice weevil, rice-paper tree, ricebird, ricer, ricercar, ricercare
Origin of rice weevil
First recorded in 1805–15
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