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snout beetle
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Snout beetle
(gcide) | Snout \Snout\ (snout), n. [OE. snoute, probably of Scand, or Low
German origin; cf. LG. snute, D. snuit, G. schnauze, Sw.
snut, snyte, Dan. snude, Icel. sn?ta to blow the nose;
probably akin to E. snuff, v.t. Cf. Snite, Snot,
Snuff.]
1. The long, projecting nose of a beast, as of swine.
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2. The nose of a man; -- in contempt. --Hudibras.
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3. The nozzle of a pipe, hose, etc.
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4. (Zool.)
(a) The anterior prolongation of the head of a gastropod;
-- called also rostrum.
(b) The anterior prolongation of the head of weevils and
allied beetles.
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Snout beetle (Zool.), any one of many species of beetles
having an elongated snout and belonging to the tribe
Rhynchophora; a weevil.
Snout moth (Zool.), any pyralid moth. See Pyralid.
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snout beetle
(wn) | snout beetle
n 1: small weevil having a prolonged snout; destructive to e.g.
grains and nuts |
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snout beetle
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snout beetles
(gcide) | Curculio \Cur*cu"li*o\ (k?r-r?"l?-?), n.; pl. Curculios (-?z).
[L., a grain weevil.] (Zool.)
One of a large group of beetles (Rhynchophora) of many
genera; -- called also weevils, snout beetles,
billbeetles, and billbugs. Many of the species are very
destructive, as the plum curculio, the corn, grain, and rice
weevils, etc.
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snout beetle
(wn) | snout beetle
n 1: small weevil having a prolonged snout; destructive to e.g.
grains and nuts |
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