See weevil on Wiktionary
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"sense": "beetle in the family Curculionidae",
"tags": [
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"sense": "beetle in the family Curculionidae",
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],
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"sense": "beetle in the family Curculionidae",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"code": "et",
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"sense": "beetle in the family Curculionidae",
"word": "kärsakas"
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"_dis1": "33 63 4 0",
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "beetle in the family Curculionidae",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"_dis1": "33 63 4 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "beetle in the family Curculionidae",
"word": "kärsäkäs"
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"_dis1": "33 63 4 0",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "beetle in the family Curculionidae",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gurgullo"
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"_dis1": "33 63 4 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "beetle in the family Curculionidae",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Rüsselkäfer"
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"masculine"
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"code": "pam",
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"sense": "beetle in the family Curculionidae",
"word": "bukbuk"
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"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "beetle in the family Curculionidae",
"word": "tsé neiʼáhí"
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"_dis1": "33 63 4 0",
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "beetle in the family Curculionidae",
"word": "gorgulho"
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"_dis1": "33 63 4 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "beetle in the family Curculionidae",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gorgojo"
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"_dis1": "33 63 4 0",
"code": "es",
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"sense": "beetle in the family Curculionidae",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"sense": "beetle in the family Curculionidae",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
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"roman": "dovhonósyk",
"sense": "beetle in the family Curculionidae",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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"_dis1": "33 63 4 0",
"code": "uk",
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"roman": "slónyk",
"sense": "beetle in the family Curculionidae",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"sense": "beetle in the family Curculionidae",
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"masculine"
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"word": "kuoriainen"
}
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"text": "But you accuse other men of villainy with too easy a tongue, you weevil. I have never wanted you in this matter, and I have said so.",
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"(figurative, derogatory) A loathsome person."
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"word": "nilviäinen"
}
]
}
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"Received-Pronunciation"
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},
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"ipa": "/ˈwiːvɪl/",
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"General-American"
]
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"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "daŭhanósik",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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},
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"_dis1": "53 45 3 0",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "slónik",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "сло́нік"
},
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"_dis1": "53 45 3 0",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "šašólka",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "шашо́лка"
},
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"_dis1": "53 45 3 0",
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "hcangpui:",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"word": "ဆင်ပိုး"
},
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"_dis1": "53 45 3 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"word": "象鼻蟲"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 45 3 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xiàngbíchóng",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"word": "象鼻虫"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 45 3 0",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nosatec"
},
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"_dis1": "53 45 3 0",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pilous"
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"_dis1": "53 45 3 0",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "snuitkever"
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"_dis1": "53 45 3 0",
"code": "eo",
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"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"word": "kalandro"
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"_dis1": "53 45 3 0",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"word": "grenskarabo"
},
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"_dis1": "53 45 3 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"word": "kärsäkäsmäinen"
},
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"_dis1": "53 45 3 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "charançon"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 45 3 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"word": "balanin"
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{
"_dis1": "53 45 3 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"word": "cosson"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 45 3 0",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gurgullo"
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"_dis1": "53 45 3 0",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "congorxo"
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{
"_dis1": "53 45 3 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Rüsselkäfer"
},
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"_dis1": "53 45 3 0",
"code": "grc",
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"roman": "kís",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "κίς"
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"_dis1": "53 45 3 0",
"code": "hu",
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"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"word": "ormányosbogár"
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"_dis1": "53 45 3 0",
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"word": "zsizsik"
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"_dis1": "53 45 3 0",
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"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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"word": "calandra"
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"_dis1": "53 45 3 0",
"code": "it",
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"word": "balanino"
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"word": "象虫"
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"word": "ゾウムシ"
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"roman": "bagumi",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"word": "바구미"
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"_dis1": "53 45 3 0",
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"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
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"word": "tsé neiʼáhí"
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"code": "kaw",
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"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"word": "bubuk"
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"_dis1": "53 45 3 0",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
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"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
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"_dis1": "53 45 3 0",
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"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"tags": [
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"word": "žižak"
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"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "gorgojo"
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"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"tags": [
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"word": "vivel"
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"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
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"en:Weevils"
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"derived": [
{
"taxonomic": "Curculio spp.",
"word": "acorn weevil"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Hypera postica",
"word": "alfalfa weevil"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Anthonomus pomorum",
"word": "apple blossom weevil"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Rhynchaenus pallicornis",
"word": "apple flea weevil"
},
{
"word": "banana root weevil"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Cosmopolites sordidus",
"word": "banana weevil"
},
{
"alt": "et al.",
"taxonomic": "Acanthoscelides obtectus",
"word": "bean weevil"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Stegobium paniceum",
"word": "biscuit weevil"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Otiorhynchus sulcatus",
"word": "black vine weevil"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Sitophilus oryzae",
"word": "black weevil"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Anthonomus grandis",
"word": "boll weevil"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Bruchus rufimanus",
"word": "broad-bean weevil"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Entiminae spp.",
"word": "broad-nosed weevil"
},
{
"word": "cabbage seedpod weevil"
},
{
"english": "species",
"word": "cabbage seed weevil"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Listronotus oregonensis",
"word": "carrot weevil"
},
{
"alt": "C. proboscideus",
"taxonomic": "Curculio auriger",
"word": "chestnut weevil"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Hypera punctata",
"word": "clover leaf weevil"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Tychius picirostris",
"word": "clover-seed weevil"
},
{
"alt": "syn. Apion apricans",
"taxonomic": "Protapion apricans",
"word": "clover weevil"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Araecerus fasciculatus",
"word": "coffee-bean weevil"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Sitophilus granarius",
"word": "corn weevil"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Anthonomus grandis",
"word": "cotton-boll weevil"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Callosobruchus maculatus",
"word": "cowpea weevil"
},
{
"alt": "Malenterpes spinipes",
"word": "dicky rice weevil"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Stegobium paniceum",
"word": "drugstore weevil"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Hypera brunneipennis",
"word": "Egyptian alfalfa weevil"
},
{
"alt": "Syagrius fulvitarsis",
"word": "fern weevil"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Anagotus fairburni",
"word": "flax weevil"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Rhamphini spp.",
"word": "flea weevil"
},
{
"english": "Tribolium spp. et al.",
"word": "flour weevil"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Baridinae spp.",
"word": "flower weevil"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Pantomorus godmani",
"word": "Fuller's rose weevil"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Anthribidae spp.",
"word": "fungus weevil"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Trachelophorus giraffa",
"word": "giraffe weevil"
},
{
"word": "gorse seed weevil"
},
{
"alt": "syn. Apion ulicis",
"taxonomic": "Exapion ulicis",
"word": "gorse weevil"
},
{
"word": "grain weevil"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Sitophilus granarius",
"word": "granary weevil"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Sitophilus zeamais",
"word": "greater rice weevil"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Hypera nigrirostris",
"word": "lesser clover leaf weevil"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Sitophilus zeamais",
"word": "maize weevil"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Sternochetus mangiferae",
"word": "mango weevil"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Ithycerus noveboracensis",
"word": "New York weevil"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Lasiorhynchus barbicornis",
"word": "New Zealand giraffe weevil"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Curculio spp.",
"word": "nut weevil"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Hylobius pales",
"word": "pales weevil"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Rhynchophorus cruentatus",
"word": "palmetto weevil"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Rhynchophorus spp.",
"word": "palm weevil"
},
{
"alt": "Ithycercus noveboracensis",
"word": "peach weevil"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Acanthoscelides obtectus",
"word": "pea weevil"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Curculio caryae",
"word": "pecan weevil"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Anthonomus eugenii",
"word": "pepper weevil"
},
{
"alt": "Podapion gallicola",
"word": "pine gall weevil"
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{
"alt": "Cylindrocopturus eatoni",
"word": "pine reproduction weevil"
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{
"taxonomic": "Hylobius radicis",
"word": "pine root-collar weevil"
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{
"taxonomic": "Hylobius abietis",
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"taxonomic": "Conotrachelus nenuphar",
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{
"alt": "Trichobaris trinotata",
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},
{
"taxonomic": "Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus",
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{
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{
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{
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{
"taxonomic": "Pissodes sitchensis",
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"taxonomic": "Anthonomus vestitus",
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{
"taxonomic": "Otiorhynchus ovatus",
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{
"taxonomic": "Anthonomus signatus",
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{
"alt": "Desmoris spp.",
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{
"taxonomic": "Sitona cylindricollis",
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{
"taxonomic": "Cylas formicarius",
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{
"taxonomic": "Anthonomus grandis thurberiae",
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{
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{
"taxonomic": "Listroderes obliquus",
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{
"taxonomic": "Otiorhynchus sulcatus",
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{
"alt": "Conotrachelus retentus et al.",
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{
"taxonomic": "Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus",
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"taxonomic": "Metamasius hemipterus",
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"taxonomic": "Sitophilus granarius",
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"alt": "syns. Pantomorus leucoloma, Graphognathus leucoloma",
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"Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)"
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"Any of many similar, but more distantly related, beetles such as the biscuit weevil (Stegobium paniceum)."
]
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"ref": "1950, Jack Lindsay, Fires in Smithfield. A Novel of Mary Tudor’s Reign, London: The Bodley Head, →OCLC, page 201:",
"text": "But you accuse other men of villainy with too easy a tongue, you weevil. I have never wanted you in this matter, and I have said so.",
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"figuratively"
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}
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"ipa": "/ˈwiːv(ə)l/",
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"Received-Pronunciation"
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"General-American"
]
},
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"sense": "beetle of the family Curculionidae",
"word": "snout beetle"
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{
"sense": "beetle of the family Curculionidae",
"word": "true weevil"
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{
"sense": "beetle of the family Curculionidae",
"word": "nunu"
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"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "daŭhanósik",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "даўгано́сік"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "slónik",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "сло́нік"
},
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"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
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"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
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"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
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"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"word": "ဆင်ပိုး"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"word": "象鼻蟲"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xiàngbíchóng",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"word": "象鼻虫"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pilous"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "snuitkever"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"word": "kalandro"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"word": "grenskarabo"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"word": "kärsäkäsmäinen"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "charançon"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"word": "balanin"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"word": "cosson"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gurgullo"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "congorxo"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Rüsselkäfer"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "kís",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "κίς"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"word": "ormányosbogár"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"word": "zsizsik"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "curculione"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"word": "calandra"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"word": "balanino"
},
{
"alt": "ぞうむし",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "zōmushi",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"word": "象虫"
},
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"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "zōmushi",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"word": "ゾウムシ"
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{
"code": "kea",
"lang": "Kabuverdianu",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"word": "gurgudju"
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"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "bagumi",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"word": "바구미"
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"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"word": "bubuk"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"word": "pepeke nguturoa"
},
{
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"word": "tsé neiʼáhí"
},
{
"code": "kaw",
"lang": "Old Javanese",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"word": "bubuk"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ryjkowiec"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gorgulho"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dolgonósik",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "долгоно́сик"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "žižak"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gorgojo"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "vivel"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "dovhonósyk",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "довгоно́сик"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "slónyk",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "сло́ник"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gwiddonyn"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "daŭhanósik",
"sense": "beetle in the family Curculionidae",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "даўгано́сік"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "slónik",
"sense": "beetle in the family Curculionidae",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "сло́нік"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "šašólka",
"sense": "beetle in the family Curculionidae",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "шашо́лка"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "gǎgrica",
"sense": "beetle in the family Curculionidae",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "гъгрица"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "hobotnik",
"sense": "beetle in the family Curculionidae",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "хоботник"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "beetle in the family Curculionidae",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "morrut"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "beetle in the family Curculionidae",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "snuitkever"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "beetle in the family Curculionidae",
"word": "kärsakas"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "beetle in the family Curculionidae",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "trantklukka"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "beetle in the family Curculionidae",
"word": "kärsäkäs"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "beetle in the family Curculionidae",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gurgullo"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "beetle in the family Curculionidae",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Rüsselkäfer"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "kís",
"sense": "beetle in the family Curculionidae",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "κίς"
},
{
"code": "kea",
"lang": "Kabuverdianu",
"sense": "beetle in the family Curculionidae",
"word": "gurgudju"
},
{
"code": "pam",
"lang": "Kapampangan",
"sense": "beetle in the family Curculionidae",
"word": "bukbuk"
},
{
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "beetle in the family Curculionidae",
"word": "tsé neiʼáhí"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "beetle in the family Curculionidae",
"word": "gorgulho"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "beetle in the family Curculionidae",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gorgojo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "beetle in the family Curculionidae",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "picudo"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "beetle in the family Curculionidae",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "vivel"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "dovhonósyk",
"sense": "beetle in the family Curculionidae",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "довгоно́сик"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "slónyk",
"sense": "beetle in the family Curculionidae",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "сло́ник"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "beetle in the family Curculionidae",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gwiddonyn"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "similar beetle",
"word": "kuoriainen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "loathsome person",
"word": "nilviäinen"
}
],
"word": "weevil"
}
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