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Merriam Webster's

noun (plural -lios) Etymology: Latin, grain weevil Date: 1756 any of various weevils; especially one that injures fruit

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Curculio Cur*cu"li*o (k?r-r?"l?-?), n.; pl. Curculios (-?z). [L., a grain weevil.] (Zo["o]l.) One of a large group of beetles (Rhynchophora) of many genera; -- called also weevils, snout beetles, billbeetles, and billbugs. Many of the species are very destructive, as the plum curculio, the corn, grain, and rice weevils, etc.