- Curculionidae
- nountrue weevils: snout beetles• Syn: ↑family Curculionidae• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family• Member Holonyms: ↑Coleoptera, ↑order Coleoptera• Member Meronyms: ↑snout beetle, ↑Anthonomus, ↑genus Anthonomus
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\(ˌ)kərˌkyülēˈänəˌdē\ noun pluralUsage: capitalized: a family of snout beetles (suborder Rhynchophora) consisting of the typical weevils and including many that injure fruits and crops
Useful english dictionary. 2012.