curculio

Definitions  ·  Examples  ·  Pronunciations  ·  Etymologies  ·  Related  ·  Statistics  ·  Comments (12)  · 
After all the experiments made and repellents used for the plum curculio, the jarring method is found the most efficient and reliable, if properly performed.

View all »
Definitions (2)

Toggle American Heritage definitions American Heritage Dictionary (1)

  1. noun See snout beetle.

Toggle Century definitions Century Dictionary

Toggle GNU Webster definitions GNU Webster's 1913 (1)

Toggle WordNet definitions WordNet

Toggle elsewhere links Elsewhere on the web

View all »
Examples (50)

 

Tags

Sign up or sign in to add tags.

Stats

This word has been looked up 75 times.

On Twitter

Photos from

flickr images

Etymologies (1)

Toggle American Heritage etymologies American Heritage Dictionary (1)

  1. New Latin Curculiō, type genus, from Latin curculiō, a kind of weevil.
 

Pronunciations
Record your own »

by American Heritage

Charts

frequency chart

Bubble size: how much this word was used in a year

Bubble height: used more or less than expected, vs. all uses evenly distributed

You can expect to see this word about twice a year.

Recently looked up

straights · tite · coxcomb · Polyphemus · stows

Recent Favorites

pygopagus · sanglant · Astacus · sweetbread · qualms

Recent Pronunciations

cuddlefish · cuttlefish · mamaroneck · maladministration · antidisestablishmentarianism