Boll Weevil Definition

noun
A small, grayish weevil (Anthonomus grandis) with a long snout, whose larvae, when hatched in the immature bolls of cotton plants, destroy the bolls.
Webster's New World
A conservative white Southern Democrat in the US House of Representatives, especially during the second half of the 20th century.
American Heritage
A conservative Democratic politician from a state of the Southern U.S.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • Anthonomus grandis

Other Word Forms of Boll Weevil

Noun

Singular:
boll weevil
Plural:
boll-weevils

Boll Weevil Sentence Examples

  • The boll-weevil, preying on the cotton, is the most noxious of the insects.

  • The Indians in part of Guatemala raise cotton, although the boll weevil is abundant.

  • Mr Cook also found that the boll weevil was attacked, killed and eaten by an ant-like creature, the " kelep."

  • Special interest attaches to experiments made in the United States to endeavour to raise races of cotton resistant to the boll weevil.

  • The cotton boll weevil (Anthonomus grandis), a small grey weevil often called the Mexican boll weevil, is the most serious pest of cotton in the United States, where the damage done by it in 1907 was estimated at about £5,000,000.

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