rice weevil

noun

1. a brown weevil, Sitophilus oryzae, that infests, breeds in, and feeds on stored grains, especially rice.

Word History and Origins

Origin of rice weevil¹

First recorded in 1805–15

Example Sentences

And to the gods the rice weevil is, just like the farmers and manufacturers of agricultural chemicals, merely another form of life.

From Project Gutenberg

To the farmers the rice weevil is an evil, but to the manufacturers of agricultural chemicals, it is a good.

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