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broad-nosed weevil

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.58 in modern English

Syllables
broad--nosed wee-vil
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
4
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any in the subfamily Entiminae of weevils (Curculionidae).

Etymology

From broad + nosed + weevil.

Inflected Forms

broad-nosed weevils (plural)

Questions

What does broad-nosed weevil mean?
Any in the subfamily Entiminae of weevils (Curculionidae).
Where does broad-nosed weevil come from?
From broad + nosed + weevil.

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