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cur⋅cu⋅li⋅o

  [kur-kyoo-lee-oh]
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–noun, plural -li⋅os.
any of several weevils, esp. one of the genus Conotrachelus, as C. nenuphar (plum curculio), which feeds on plums, cherries, and other fruits.
Origin:
1750–60; < L: weevil, corn worm
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cur·cu·li·o   (kər-kyōō'lē-ō')   
n.   pl. cur·cu·li·os
See snout beetle.

[New Latin Curculiō, type genus, from Latin curculiō, a kind of weevil.]
snout beetle  
n.  A weevil of the family Curculionidae, having the front of the head elongated to form a snout. Also called curculio.
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curculio

any of various stout-bodied weevils of the beetle family Curculionidae (order Coleoptera). Among the best known is the plum curculio (q.v.), which attacks plums, apples, peaches, and other fruits

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