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Noun: boll weevil  bówl wee-vul
  1. Greyish weevil that lays its eggs in cotton bolls destroying the cotton
    - Anthonomus grandis

Derived forms: boll weevils

Type of: weevil

Part of: Anthonomus, genus Anthonomus

Encyclopedia: Boll weevil