boll weevil
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boll weevil — ☆ boll weevil n. 1. a small, grayish weevil (Anthonomus grandis) with a long snout, whose larvae, when hatched in the immature bolls of cotton plants, destroy the bolls 2. Slang a conservative Democratic politician from a state of the southern… … English World dictionary
boll weevil — n an insect that eats and destroys cotton plants … Dictionary of contemporary English
boll weevil — boll ,weevil noun count an insect that lives in North America and damages cotton plants … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Boll weevil — For other uses, see Boll weevil (disambiguation). Boll Weevil Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia … Wikipedia
boll weevil — 1. a snout beetle, Anthonomus grandis, that attacks the bolls of cotton. 2. Informal. (esp. in the U.S. Congress) a Southern Democrat with conservative views who often votes with the Republicans as part of a Southern or conservative power bloc.… … Universalium
boll weevil — noun greyish weevil that lays its eggs in cotton bolls destroying the cotton • Syn: ↑Anthonomus grandis • Hypernyms: ↑weevil • Member Holonyms: ↑Anthonomus, ↑genus Anthonomus * * * noun, pl ⋯ vils [count] … Useful english dictionary
boll weevil — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms boll weevil : singular boll weevil plural boll weevils an insect that lives in North America and damages cotton plants … English dictionary
Boll weevil (disambiguation) — Boll weevil may refer to:* Boll weevil, a beetle * Bo Weavil Jackson, a blues musician * Boll weevil (politics), an American political term used in the mid and late 20th century * Boll Weevil (restaurant), a restaurant chain * Boll Weevil… … Wikipedia
boll weevil — boll′ wee′vil n. ent a snout beetle, Anthonomus grandis, that attacks the bolls of cotton • Etymology: 1890–95, amer … From formal English to slang
Boll Weevil Eradication Program — The Boll Weevil Eradication Program is a program sponsored by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) that has sought to eradicate the boll weevil in the cotton growing areas of the United States. It is one of the world s most… … Wikipedia
Boll Weevil Monument — Infobox nrhp name = Boll Weevil Monument nrhp type = caption = The Boll Weevil Monument in Enterprise, Alabama location = Main and College Sts. Enterprise, Alabama nearest city = lat degrees = 31 lat minutes = 18 lat seconds = 51.9 lat direction … Wikipedia
