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    BLACK WEEVIL

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Brown weevil that infests stored grain especially riceplay

    Synonyms:

    black weevil; rice weevil; Sitophylus oryzae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("black 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 ("black weevil" is a member of...):

    genus Sitophylus; Sitophylus (a genus of Bruchidae)

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