seed beetle
Noun
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A small beetle that infests the seeds of legumes (synset 102184697)
is a type of: weevil - any of several families of mostly small beetles that feed on plants and plant products; especially snout beetles and seed beetlessubtypes:
- bruchus pisorum, pea weevil - larvae live in and feed on seeds of the pea plant
- acanthoscelides obtectus, bean weevil - larvae live in and feed on growing or stored beans
belongs to: bruchidae, family bruchidae - seed beetlessame as: seed weevil
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