curculio

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: cur=cu=li=o

CIDE DICTIONARY

curculio, n. [L., a grain weevil.].

 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.  [1913 Webster]