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boll weevil

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  1. boll weevil (noun)
  2. cotton-boll weevil (noun)

boll weevil

noun

Definition of BOLL WEEVIL

: a usually grayish or brown weevil (Anthonomus grandis grandis) that feeds on the squares and bolls of the cotton plant
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First Known Use of BOLL WEEVIL

1895

Rhymes with BOLL WEEVIL

coeval, king's evil, medieval, primeval, reprieval, retrieval, upheaval

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