OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 43711

boll weevil

Meanings (ES + gloss)
picudo del algodón
A beetle (Anthonomus grandis) measuring an average length of six millimeters (¼ inch), which feeds on cotton buds and flowers, native to Central America.
“[…]What do you reckon the boll-weevils’ll eat if you dont^([sic]) get those cultivators in shape to raise them a crop?” I says, “sage grass?”
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