Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Any of several weevils, especially of the genus Sphenophorus, that feed on and damage turf grasses and cereal grasses such as corn.

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  • noun US weevil

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[bill + bug.]

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Examples

  • In Florida, the most serious insect pest is the billbug, Calendra cariosa, and the crop is also attacked by a stem nematode, Ditylenchus spp. and by the awl nematode,

    Chapter 13 1987

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