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boll weevil in American English
a small, grayish weevil (Anthonomus grandis) with a long snout, whose larvae, when hatched in the immature bolls of cotton plants, destroy the bolls
noun: a snout beetle, Anthonomus grandis, that attacks the bolls of cotton

boll weevil in British English
noun: a greyish weevil, Anthonomus grandis, of the southern US and Mexico, whose larvae live in and destroy cotton bolls

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