bean-seed beetle

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• seed beetle — n. BEAN WEEVIL …   English World dictionary

• seed beetle — noun a small beetle that infests the seeds of legumes • Syn: ↑seed weevil • Hypernyms: ↑weevil • Hyponyms: ↑pea weevil, ↑Bruchus pisorum, ↑bean weevil, ↑Acanthoscelides obtect …   Useful english dictionary

• seed beetle — any of several beetles of the family Bruchidae that infest the seeds of legumes. Also called seed weevil. * * * ▪ insect       any of some 900 species of beetles (insect order Coleoptera) whose larvae live in and feed on dried seeds. Seed beetles …   Universalium

• bean weevil — ☆ bean weevil n. any of a family (Bruchidae) of small, hardy beetles (esp. Acanthoscelides obtectus) whose larvae feed inside seeds, esp. beans and peas; seed beetle …   English World dictionary

• bean weevil — noun larvae live in and feed on growing or stored beans • Syn: ↑Acanthoscelides obtectus • Hypernyms: ↑seed beetle, ↑seed weevil • Member Holonyms: ↑Acanthoscelides, ↑genus Acanthoscelides * * * …   Useful english dictionary

• seed weevil — noun a small beetle that infests the seeds of legumes • Syn: ↑seed beetle • Hypernyms: ↑weevil • Hyponyms: ↑pea weevil, ↑Bruchus pisorum, ↑bean weevil, ↑Acanthoscelides obtect …   Useful english dictionary

• bean weevil — a seed beetle, Acanthoscelides obtectus, the larvae of which live in and feed on growing or stored beans. [1865 70, Amer.] * * * …   Universalium

• List of leaf beetle (Chrysomelidae) species recorded in Britain — The following is a list of the leaf beetles recorded in Britain. For other beetle families, see the parent article List of beetle species recorded in Britain.ubfamily Bruchinae* Bruchus affinis Spanish bean beetle * Bruchus atomarius * Bruchus… …   Wikipedia

• Bean — is a common name for large plant seeds of several genera of the family Fabaceae (formerly Leguminosae) used for human food or animal feed. Although beans usually means the seeds of bean plants, it can also mean (especially in the US) the whole… …   Wikipedia

• Bean weevil — Taxobox name = Bean weevils image width = 250px image caption = Acanthoscelides obtectus regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Coleoptera subordo = Polyphaga infraordo = Cucujiformia superfamilia = Chrysomeloidea familia …   Wikipedia

• seed and fruit — ▪ plant reproductive part Introduction       respectively, the characteristic reproductive (reproductive system, plant) body of both angiosperms (flowering plants) and gymnosperms (conifers, cycads, and ginkgos) and the ovary that encloses it.… …   Universalium