snout beetle

Blister rust is like having the flu; the pine beetle is like fast acting leukemia.
What It Takes to Kill a Grizzly Bear|Doug Peacock|November 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In 2007, FWS reported that the beetle outbreak had affected only 16 percent of the whitebark pines.
What It Takes to Kill a Grizzly Bear|Doug Peacock|November 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Beetle was launched with a series of television commercials unlike any before them.
Nationalism on Four Wheels|Clive Irving|October 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
As his grizzled snout suggests, Orlando is 11 years old, which translates to 77 in dog years.
Strangers Rally to Help Blind Man Keep His Guide Dog|Michael Daly|December 19, 2013|DAILY BEAST

Who could turn down a seaside drive in a bright yellow Beetle?
World-Famous Architects Design Dollhouses For New Charity Project|Chloë Ashby|November 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Her feet crush creeping things: there is a busy ant or blazoned beetle, with its back broken, writhing in the dust, unseen.
God and my Neighbour|Robert Blatchford
But strangest of all the dishes at the Tagal's feast was one prepared from a kind of beetle.
Alila, Our Little Philippine Cousin|Mary Hazelton Wade
Had the automatic snout poking through the steel grille of the rear of the cage.
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942|Various
Then the juice would fill up the hole the beetle had made, and the tree would go on growing as before.
The Wonder Book of Knowledge|Various
Despite the speed of his dive, they were gaining on him, coming up fast; one snout that ended in a cupped depression was plain.
Astounding Stories, May, 1931|Various

British Dictionary definitions for snout beetle

snout beetle

noun

another name for weevil (def. 1)

Word Origin for snout beetle

C19: so named because of its long proboscis

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