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BEAN WEEVIL

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Dictionary entry overview: What does bean weevil mean?

• BEAN WEEVIL (noun)
The noun BEAN WEEVIL has 1 sense:

1. larvae live in and feed on growing or stored beans

Familiarity information: BEAN WEEVIL used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• BEAN WEEVIL (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Larvae live in and feed on growing or stored beans

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Acanthoscelides obtectus; bean weevil

Hypernyms ("bean weevil" is a kind of...):

seed beetle; seed weevil (a small beetle that infests the seeds of legumes)

Holonyms ("bean weevil" is a member of...):

Acanthoscelides; genus Acanthoscelides (a genus of Bruchidae)

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