rice weevil

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noun

a brown weevil, Sitophilus oryzae, that infests, breeds in, and feeds on stored grains, especially rice.

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Origin of rice weevil

First recorded in 1805–15

Words nearby rice weevil

rice-paper tree, ricer, rice rat, ricercar, ricercare, rice weevil, ricey, rich, Richard, Richard Coeur de Lion, Richard I

How to use rice weevil in a sentence

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At that meeting, Rice told the Commissioner that he had hit Mrs. Rice in the elevator.
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And the Constitution, written on goatskin not rice paper, might be as our country was under Jefferson.
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In his youngest days, when his mother used to regulate his food, she would stuff him full of rice.
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Likewise your Majesty will have shelter for his vessels, and a foothold in that country, which abounds with meat and rice.
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After this he awoke much refreshed, and having obtained some rice from the native chief, ate a little with relish.
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Mr. Rice, the owner of the plantation, was a hot Southern sympathizer, but he did not relish his present company.
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