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Definition of coffee-bean weevil
: a small stocky dark brown weevil (Araecerus fasciculatus) probably native to India but now nearly cosmopolitan in warm regions where it feeds and breeds in a great variety of products (as dried fruits, coffee beans, grains, or cornstalks)
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