English example sentences with "weevil"

It was Mendel's good fortune that the arrival of the pea weevil postdated the completion of the pea part of his research.
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The boll weevil has long plagued cotton crops.
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The squirrel, the ape and the monkey, are kept at home for amusement. The dormouse and other larger mice, such as the weevil, the martin, the ferret, trouble the home.
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As a child in the Philippines, I played around with mahjong tiles. On the cool white marble floor of the living room, I would make a labyrinth or temple out of the green and white game pieces. One time, I caught a black weevil, and I made it go through the maze.
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The palm weevil grub, a fat worm found in palm trees, is such a popular source of protein that it has squirmed out of the forests and onto the plates at popular restaurants.
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