snout beetle
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of snout beetle
An Americanism dating back to 1860–65
Example Sentences
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He also controls predation from the plum curculio, a snout beetle that’s a major pest of many fruits, not just plums.
From Washington Post
The rest belong to harmful families, such as the Scarab�id�, Elaterid�, and the weevils, or snout beetles.
From Project Gutenberg
The insect is a small, brownish-black snout beetle, somewhat less than one-half inch in length.
From Project Gutenberg
One of these, the butternut snout beetle or curculio, attacks both the butternut and the Japanese walnut.
From Project Gutenberg
Several kinds of nuts are attacked and injured by long-beaked snout beetles or weevils belonging to the genus Balaninus, the chestnut probably being the most seriously damaged.
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