Meanings
nouncurculionoid (plural curculionoids)
plural curculionoids
- Any insect of the superfamily Curculionoidea, also known as weevils.
The first one I beat yielded a very large cryptocephaline that I had not seen on any of the other Prosopis, so I continued beating them and collected a nice series along with a few other clytrines, pachybrachines, and curculionoids.
2022 May 14, Ted C. MacRae, Cupressaceae
Origin
Clipping of taxonomic name Curculionoidea.
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curculionoid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/curculionoid
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