apple curculio

noun

Anthonomus quadrigibbus, a curculio that feeds on wild and domesticated hawthorn, crabapple, and apple trees.

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Meanings

nounapple curculio (plural apple curculios)

plural apple curculios

  1. strictlyAnthonomus quadrigibbus, a curculio that feeds on wild and domesticated hawthorn, crabapple, and apple trees.
  2. broadlyAny curculio found to be damaging apples, usually the plum curculio (Conotrachelus nenuphar) but sometimes the apple curculio stricto sensu (Anthonomus quadrigibbus).
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