weevil Definition

any of a superfamily (Curculionoidea) of beetles which have the head prolonged into a more or less distinct snout and which include many that are destructive especially as larvae to nuts, fruit, and grain or to living plants; especially : any of a family (Curculionidae) having a well-developed snout curved downward with the jaws at the tip and clubbed usually elbowed antennae

a small dark brown European weevil (Hypera postica) that is now a widespread pest of alfalfa in North America

a usually grayish or brown weevil (Anthonomus grandis grandis) that feeds on the squares and bolls of the cotton plant

an Old World weevil (Hypera brunneipennis) that is now a pest of alfalfa in western North America