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billbug
bill·bug [ bíl bùg ] (plural bill·bugs)


noun 
Definition:
 
cereal-root weevil: a weevil whose larvae feed on the roots of cereal grasses. Genus Calendra, Sitophilus.
[Mid-19th century. <bill2, because of its pointed snout]
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