Weevils is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Weevils meaning
plural of weevil
Using Weevils
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of weevil
- In the example corpus, weevils often appears in combinations such as: the weevils, and weevils, small weevils.
Context around Weevils
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 7 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 17 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Weevils
- In this selection, "weevils" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, small, palm, tiny, feeding, appear and family stand out and add context to how "weevils" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include american palm weevils and and flea weevils within curculionidae. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "weevils" sits close to words such as aaditya, aardman and abbo, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with weevils
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Tiny weevils feeding on invasive salvinia weed at Muddy Lake. (10 words)
That’s the result of deadly, invasive South American palm weevils. (11 words)
In Europe, garlic mustard has natural enemies — small weevils — that prevent populations from dominating forest ecosystems. (16 words)
Amensalism is often used to describe strongly asymmetrical competitive interactions, such as has been observed between the Spanish ibex and weevils of the genus Timarcha which feed upon the same type of shrub. (33 words)
The first primitive weevils appear (e.g. Obrienidae), as well as the first representatives of the rove beetles (e.g. Staphylinidae ), which show no marked difference in morphology compared to recent species. (32 words)
Grain going through the canal will be subjected to the heat experienced at that latitude and be liable to what is technically known as sweating, creating conditions that will foster weevils. (31 words)
Example sentences (17)
That’s the result of deadly, invasive South American palm weevils.
Tiny weevils feeding on invasive salvinia weed at Muddy Lake.
Grain going through the canal will be subjected to the heat experienced at that latitude and be liable to what is technically known as sweating, creating conditions that will foster weevils.
These species range from 1.5–3.0 mm in length and are comparatively quite small weevils.
On any given day, our houses are filled with rice weevils which fly from the nearby rice godowns of the Central Warehousing Corporation, rue residents.
The agency says the weevils will initially be released in California, with additional releases in Idaho, Oregon, Washington and possibly Nevada.
In Europe, garlic mustard has natural enemies — small weevils — that prevent populations from dominating forest ecosystems.
Amensalism is often used to describe strongly asymmetrical competitive interactions, such as has been observed between the Spanish ibex and weevils of the genus Timarcha which feed upon the same type of shrub.
Distinct differences in relative abundances of species between habitats has also been shown, including a negative relationship between altitude and body size for Heard Island weevils.
Other species also have divided eyes – some longhorn beetles (family Cerambycidae ) and weevils – while many have eyes that are notched to some degree.
Recent post-harvest losses in cereals amount to billions of dollars per year in the United States alone, and damage to wheat by various borers, beetles and weevils is no exception.
Rhododendron borers and various weevils are major pests of rhododendrons, and many caterpillars will preferentially devour them.
The first primitive weevils appear (e.g. Obrienidae), as well as the first representatives of the rove beetles (e.g. Staphylinidae ), which show no marked difference in morphology compared to recent species.
The fungus penetrates the plant's xylem tissue, digests it, and concentrates the nutrients on and near the surface of the beetle gallery, so the weevils and the fungus both benefit.
The hind legs of some beetles, such as flea beetles (within Chrysomelidae) and flea weevils (within Curculionidae), are enlarged and designed for jumping.
The largest taxonomic family, the Curculionidae (the weevils or snout beetles), also belongs to this order.
These include some ground beetles (family Carabidae) and some "true weevils" (family Curculionidae ), but also desert- and cave-dwelling species of other families.
Common combinations with weevils
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: