anthonomus grandis

1. 1.

   greyish weevil that lays its eggs in cotton bolls destroying the cotton

   Synonymsboll weevil

   Broaderweevil

   Part ofAnthonomus

Questions about anthonomus grandis

What does anthonomus grandis mean?

anthonomus grandis means "greyish weevil that lays its eggs in cotton bolls destroying the cotton".

What is another word for anthonomus grandis?

Close synonyms include boll weevil. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is anthonomus grandis a common word?

anthonomus grandis is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.