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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 1805ā15
Words nearby rice weevil
rice-paper tree, ricer, rice rat, ricercar, ricercare, rice weevil, ricey, rich, Richard, Richard Coeur de Lion, Richard I
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