Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A kind of curculio, Bruchus pisi, which infests peas.
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Examples
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She fancied that Phil's general pea-weevil aspect concealed the soul of
The Job An American Novel Sinclair Lewis 1918
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That is how the pea-weevil would behave under similar conditions.
Social Life in the Insect World Jean-Henri Fabre 1869
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