plum gouger

noun

A weevil or curculio (Coccotorus scutellaris or Coccotorus pruniphilus)

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Meanings

nounplum gouger (plural plum gougers)

plural plum gougers

  1. A weevil or curculio (Coccotorus scutellaris or Coccotorus pruniphilus)

Origin

So-called as it makes round holes in the pulp of a plum in which it lays its eggs. The larvae bore into the stone and eat the kernel.

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APA

plum gouger. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plum%20gouger

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“plum gouger.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plum%20gouger. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “plum gouger,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plum%20gouger.

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