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wheat weevil

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A common species of weevil (Sitophilus granarius) that occurs worldwide and causes damage to harvested grain.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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24 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: երեւիլ (erewil) — species of weevils
  • Old Armenian: երեւիլ (erewil) — species of weevils
  • Danish: kornbille — species of weevils
  • Dutch: graanklander — species of weevils
  • Dutch: graankalander — species of weevils
  • Esperanto: kalandrao — species of weevils
  • Estonian: terakärsakas — species of weevils
  • Finnish: jyväkärsäkäs — species of weevils
  • French: calandre des grains — species of weevils
  • French: charançon des grains — species of weevils
  • German: gemeiner Kornkäfer — species of weevils
  • German: Kornkrebs — species of weevils
  • Hindi: घुन (ghun) — species of weevils
  • Italian: calandra del grano — species of weevils
  • Italian: punteruolo del grano — species of weevils
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kornsnutebille — species of weevils
  • Polish: wołek zbożowy — species of weevils
  • Portuguese: gorgulho-do-trigo — species of weevils
  • Russian: долгоно́сик амба́рный обыкнове́нный (dolgonósik ambárnyj obyknovénnyj) — species of weevils
  • Russian: зерново́й сло́ник (zernovój slónik) — species of weevils
  • Spanish: gorgojo de los granos — species of weevils
  • Swedish: kornvivel — species of weevils
  • Turkish: buğday biti — species of weevils
  • Ottoman Turkish: بوغدای بتی (buğday biti) — species of weevils