It was Mendel's good fortune that the arrival of the pea weevil postdated the completion of the pea part of his research.
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Weevil
//ˈwiːv(ə)l//
Synonyms for "weevil" (13 found)
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Closest matches (3)
Strong matches (4)
Related words (6)
Noun(3 words)
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1 entriesderived
86 entriesShowing 16 of 86 words.
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2 entrieshas context
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8 entriesTranslations
78 translations across 38 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- κίς noun (beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea)
- κίς noun (beetle in the family Curculionidae)
Belarusian
4 entries- даўгано́сік noun (beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea)
- даўгано́сік noun (beetle in the family Curculionidae)
- сло́нік noun (beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea)
- сло́нік noun (beetle in the family Curculionidae)
Bulgarian
2 entries- гъгрица noun (beetle in the family Curculionidae)
- хоботник noun (beetle in the family Curculionidae)
Burmese
1 entries- ဆင်ပိုး noun (beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea)
Catalan
3 entries- corc noun (beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea)
- fraró noun (beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea)
- morrut noun (beetle in the family Curculionidae)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 象鼻蟲 /象鼻虫 noun (beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea)
Czech
2 entries- nosatec noun (beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea)
- pilous noun (beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea)
Dutch
2 entries- snuitkever noun (beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea)
- snuitkever noun (beetle in the family Curculionidae)
Esperanto
2 entries- grenskarabo noun (beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea)
- kalandro noun (beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea)
Estonian
1 entries- kärsakas noun (beetle in the family Curculionidae)
Faroese
1 entries- trantklukka noun (beetle in the family Curculionidae)
Finnish
4 entries- kuoriainen noun (similar beetle)
- kärsäkäs noun (beetle in the family Curculionidae)
- kärsäkäsmäinen noun (beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea)
- nilviäinen noun (loathsome person)
French
3 entries- balanin noun (beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea)
- charançon noun (beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea)
- cosson noun (beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea)
Galician
3 entries- congorxo noun (beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea)
- gurgullo noun (beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea)
- gurgullo noun (beetle in the family Curculionidae)
German
2 entries- Rüsselkäfer noun (beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea)
- Rüsselkäfer noun (beetle in the family Curculionidae)
Greek
1 entries- βρούχος noun (beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea)
Hungarian
2 entries- ormányosbogár noun (beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea)
- zsizsik noun (beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea)
Icelandic
2 entries- ranabjalla noun (beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea)
- væfla noun (beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea)
Italian
3 entries- balanino noun (beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea)
- calandra noun (beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea)
- curculione noun (beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea)
Japanese
2 entries- ゾウムシ noun (beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea)
- 象虫 noun (beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea)
Kabuverdianu
2 entries- gurgudju noun (beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea)
- gurgudju noun (beetle in the family Curculionidae)
Kapampangan
1 entries- bukbuk noun (beetle in the family Curculionidae)
Korean
1 entries- 바구미 noun (beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea)
Latin
1 entries- curculiō noun (beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea)
Malay
1 entries- bubuk noun (beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea)
Māori
1 entries- pepeke nguturoa noun (beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea)
Navajo
2 entries- tsé neiʼáhí noun (beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea)
- tsé neiʼáhí noun (beetle in the family Curculionidae)
Old Javanese
1 entries- bubuk noun (beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- سوس noun (beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea)
- سوس noun (beetle in the family Curculionidae)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Kornworm noun (beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea)
Polish
4 entries- karaluch noun (loathsome person)
- ryjkowiec noun (beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea)
- ryjkowiec noun (beetle in the family Curculionidae)
- ryjkowiec noun (similar beetle)
Portuguese
2 entries- gorgulho noun (beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea)
- gorgulho noun (beetle in the family Curculionidae)
Russian
1 entries- долгоно́сик noun (beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- žižak noun (beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea)
Spanish
3 entries- gorgojo noun (beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea)
- gorgojo noun (beetle in the family Curculionidae)
- picudo noun (beetle in the family Curculionidae)
Swedish
2 entries- vivel noun (beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea)
- vivel noun (beetle in the family Curculionidae)
Ukrainian
4 entries- довгоно́сик noun (beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea)
- довгоно́сик noun (beetle in the family Curculionidae)
- сло́ник noun (beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea)
- сло́ник noun (beetle in the family Curculionidae)
Welsh
2 entries- gwiddonyn noun (beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea)
- gwiddonyn noun (beetle in the family Curculionidae)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
The boll weevil has long plagued cotton crops.
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The squirrel, the ape and the monkey, are kept at home for amusement. The dormouse and other larger mice, such as the weevil, the martin, the ferret, trouble the home.
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As a child in the Philippines, I played around with mahjong tiles. On the cool white marble floor of the living room, I would make a labyrinth or temple out of the green and white game pieces. One time, I caught a black weevil, and I made it go through the maze.
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