noun
- a type of weevil (beetle) that damages fruit and nuts by boring into them
Usage: entomology
Examples
- The curculio larvae destroyed half of the apple crop this season.
- Farmers use traps to monitor curculio populations in their orchards.
- The plum curculio is a major pest of stone fruits.
- Entomologists studied the curculio’s feeding patterns on acorns.
- The distinctive snout of the curculio helps it bore into fruit.
- Organic growers struggle to control curculio without pesticides.