Main Entry:

wee·vil

Pronunciation:

\ˈwē-vəl\

Function:

noun

Etymology:

Middle English wevel, from Old English wifel; akin to Old High German wibil beetle, Old English wefan to weave

Date:

before 12th century

: 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

— wee·vily or wee·vil·ly \ˈwēv-lē, ˈwē-və-lē\ adjective

[weevil illustration]