Curculio /(k?r-r?"l?-?)/

Cur·cu·li·o

Curculio

n.

pl. Curculios ((-z))

  1. One of a large group of beetles (Rhynchophora) of many genera; -- called also weevils, snout beetles, billbeetles, and billbugs. Many of the species are very destructive, as the plum curculio, the corn, grain, and rice weevils, etc. (Zool.)