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rice weevil
noun
- 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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