Weevil

ey#ag wee;vil pronunciation: function: noun etymology: middle english wevel, from old english wifel; akin to old high german wibil beetle, old english wefan to weavedate: before 12th century : any of a superfamily (curculionoidea) of beetles which have the head prolonged into a more or less distinct snout and which include many that are destructive especially as larvae to nuts, fruit, and grain or to living plants; especially : any of a family (curculionidae) having a well-developed snout curved downward with the jaws at the tip and clubbed usually elbowed antennae— wee;vily or wee;vil;ly adjective [weevil illustration]