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seed beetle — noun a small beetle that infests the seeds of legumes • Syn: ↑seed weevil • Hypernyms: ↑weevil • Hyponyms: ↑pea weevil, ↑Bruchus pisorum, ↑bean weevil, ↑Acanthoscelides obtect … Useful english dictionary
seed beetle — any of several beetles of the family Bruchidae that infest the seeds of legumes. Also called seed weevil. * * * ▪ insect any of some 900 species of beetles (insect order Coleoptera) whose larvae live in and feed on dried seeds. Seed beetles … Universalium
seed weevil — noun a small beetle that infests the seeds of legumes • Syn: ↑seed beetle • Hypernyms: ↑weevil • Hyponyms: ↑pea weevil, ↑Bruchus pisorum, ↑bean weevil, ↑Acanthoscelides obtect … Useful english dictionary
seed weevil. — See seed beetle. * * * … Universalium
seed weevil. — See seed beetle … Useful english dictionary
Seed predation — includes any process inflicted on a plant’s seeds by an animal that results in the inviability of the seed. Generally this refers to the consumption and digestion of the seed, but also includes the parasitization of seeds by insect larvae (Janzen … Wikipedia
Beetle — Beetles redirects here. For the band, see The Beatles. For the car, see Volkswagen Beetle. This article is about the insect. For other uses, see Beetle (disambiguation). Beetle Temporal range: 318–0 Ma … Wikipedia
seed and fruit — ▪ plant reproductive part Introduction respectively, the characteristic reproductive (reproductive system, plant) body of both angiosperms (flowering plants) and gymnosperms (conifers, cycads, and ginkgos) and the ovary that encloses it.… … Universalium
seed-corn beetle — noun : a carabid beetle (Agonoderus lecontei) that often feeds on corn seed in the ground … Useful english dictionary
List of leaf beetle (Chrysomelidae) species recorded in Britain — The following is a list of the leaf beetles recorded in Britain. For other beetle families, see the parent article List of beetle species recorded in Britain.ubfamily Bruchinae* Bruchus affinis Spanish bean beetle * Bruchus atomarius * Bruchus… … Wikipedia
