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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of weevils, typical of the family Attelabidæ.
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And of insects some are derived from insect congeners, as the venom-spider and the common-spider from the venom-spider and the common-spider, and so with the attelabus or locust, the acris or grasshopper, and the tettix or cicada.
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