Definitions for: Curculio

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.