flour weevil

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Noun flour weevil has 1 sense

flour beetle, flour weevil - infests flour and stored grains
--₁ is a kind of darkling beetle, darkling groung beetle, tenebrionid
--₁ is a member of Tribolium, genus Tribolium

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Flour Weevil

Description:

A flour weevil, also known as a rice weevil or granary weevil, is a small insect that infests stored grains, particularly flour, rice, and other related products.

Part of Speech:

Noun

Senses:

A type of weevil that affects stored grains, especially flour and rice.

Usages:

The flour weevil poses a significant threat to the quality and shelf-life of stored grains.
Inspecting and properly storing food products can help prevent infestations by flour weevils.
Flour weevils can be eliminated by freezing the affected products to kill the larvae.

Sample Sentences:

A handful of flour weevils were found in the bag of rice.
The infestation of flour weevils left the flour unusable.
She discovered that her stored flour had been attacked by flour weevils.

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