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weevil

noun
🔊/ˈwiːvl/
🔊/ˈwiːvl/
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  1. a small insect with a hard shell, that eats grain, nuts and other seeds and destroys crops象鼻虫，象甲，豆象（吃谷物、坚果和种子，危害作物的小甲虫）Topics Insects, worms, etc.c2
    Word OriginOld English wifel ‘beetle’, from a Germanic base meaning ‘move briskly’.