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Termite vs Weevil - What's the difference?

termite | weevil |

As nouns the difference between termite and weevil

is that termite is a white-bodied, wood-consuming insect of the infraorder Isoptera, in the order Blattodea while weevil is any of several small herbivorous beetles in the superfamily Curculionoidea. Many of them have a distinctive snout.

termite

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A white-bodied, wood-consuming insect of the infraorder Isoptera, in the order Blattodea.

    • Synonyms

    * (l), (l)

    External links

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    Anagrams

    * (l) ----

    weevil

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of several small herbivorous beetles in the superfamily Curculionoidea. Many of them have a distinctive snout.
  • Any of several small herbivorous beetles in the family Curculionidae belonging to the superfamily Curculionoidea .
  • Any of several similar but more distantly related beetles such as the biscuit weevil.

    • Synonyms

    * snout beetle, true weevil

    Derived terms

    * apple blossom weevil * bean weevil * biscuit weevil * giraffe weevil * grain weevil, granary weevil * maize weevil * pine weevil * true weevil * wheat weevil