RICE WEEVIL
Dictionary entry overview: What does rice weevil mean? • RICE WEEVIL (noun)
The noun RICE WEEVIL has 1 sense:
1. brown weevil that infests stored grain especially rice
Familiarity information: RICE WEEVIL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• RICE WEEVIL (noun)
Meaning:
Brown weevil that infests stored grain especially rice
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
black weevil; rice weevil; Sitophylus oryzae
Hypernyms ("rice weevil" is a kind of...):
weevil (any of several families of mostly small beetles that feed on plants and plant products; especially snout beetles and seed beetles)
Holonyms ("rice weevil" is a member of...):
genus Sitophylus; Sitophylus (a genus of Bruchidae)
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