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white-pine weevil

American  
[hwahyt-pahyn, wahyt-] / ˈʰwaɪtˈpaɪn, ˈwaɪt- /

noun

  1. a brown beetle, Pissodes strobi, the larvae of which feed on the terminal buds and shoots of white pine and other conifers.

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The White-pine weevil flies about in warm days.

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