RICE WEEVIL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rice weevil mean? 

• RICE WEEVIL (noun)
  The noun RICE WEEVIL has 1 sense:

1. brown weevil that infests stored grain especially rice

  Familiarity information: RICE WEEVIL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RICE WEEVIL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Brown weevil that infests stored grain especially rice

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

black weevil; rice weevil; Sitophylus oryzae

Hypernyms ("rice weevil" is a kind of...):

weevil (any of several families of mostly small beetles that feed on plants and plant products; especially snout beetles and seed beetles)

Holonyms ("rice weevil" is a member of...):

genus Sitophylus; Sitophylus (a genus of Bruchidae)