FAMILY CURCULIONIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Curculionidae mean? 

• FAMILY CURCULIONIDAE (noun)
  The noun FAMILY CURCULIONIDAE has 1 sense:

1. true weevils: snout beetles

  Familiarity information: FAMILY CURCULIONIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY CURCULIONIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

True weevils: snout beetles

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Curculionidae; family Curculionidae

Hypernyms ("family Curculionidae" is a kind of...):

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "family Curculionidae"):

snout beetle (small weevil having a prolonged snout; destructive to e.g. grains and nuts)

Anthonomus; genus Anthonomus (weevils destructive of cultivated plants)

Holonyms ("family Curculionidae" is a member of...):

Coleoptera; order Coleoptera (beetles)