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rice weevil

noun

  1. a brown weevil, Sitophilus oryzae, that infests, breeds in, and feeds on stored grains, especially rice.


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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of rice weevil1

First recorded in 1805–15
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And to the gods the rice weevil is, just like the farmers and manufacturers of agricultural chemicals, merely another form of life.

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To the farmers the rice weevil is an evil, but to the manufacturers of agricultural chemicals, it is a good.

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