snout beetle


Origin of snout beetle

1
An Americanism dating back to 1860–65

Words Nearby snout beetle

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How to use snout beetle in a sentence

  • The insect is a small, brownish-black snout beetle, somewhat less than one-half inch in length.

    The Pecan and its Culture | H. Harold Hume
  • This weevil is a small gray or reddish-brown snout-beetle hardly over a quarter of an inch in length.

    Agriculture for Beginners | Charles William Burkett

British Dictionary definitions for snout beetle

snout beetle

noun
  1. another name for weevil (def. 1)

Origin of snout beetle

1
C19: so named because of its long proboscis

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