bean weevil

1. 1.

   larvae live in and feed on growing or stored beans

   SynonymsAcanthoscelides obtectus

   Broaderseed beetle

   Part ofAcanthoscelides

Questions about bean weevil

What does bean weevil mean?

bean weevil means "larvae live in and feed on growing or stored beans".

What is another word for bean weevil?

Close synonyms include Acanthoscelides obtectus. 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 bean weevil a common word?

bean weevil 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.