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    FAMILY CURCULIONIDAE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    True weevils: snout beetlesplay

    Synonyms:

    Curculionidae; family Curculionidae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("family Curculionidae" is a kind of...):

    arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

    Meronyms (members of "family Curculionidae"):

    snout beetle (small weevil having a prolonged snout; destructive to e.g. grains and nuts)

    Anthonomus; genus Anthonomus (weevils destructive of cultivated plants)

    Holonyms ("family Curculionidae" is a member of...):

    Coleoptera; order Coleoptera (beetles)

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