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SITOPHYLUS ORYZAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Brown weevil that infests stored grain especially rice
Synonyms:
black weevil; rice weevil; Sitophylus oryzae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Sitophylus oryzae" is a kind of...):
weevil (any of several families of mostly small beetles that feed on plants and plant products; especially snout beetles and seed beetles)
Holonyms ("Sitophylus oryzae" is a member of...):
genus Sitophylus; Sitophylus (a genus of Bruchidae)