BLACK WEEVIL Synonyms
There are 5 hypernyms of the phrase black weevil. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for BLACK WEEVIL
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| beetle | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings • a tool resembling a hammer but with a large head (usually wooden); used to drive wedges or ram down paving stones or for crushing or beating or flattening or smoothing adjective satellite • jutting or overhanging verb • be suspended over or hang over • fly or go in a manner resembling a beetle • beat with a beetle | ||||||||
| black | adverb, noun, adjectiveadv, n, adj | |||||||
adjective • being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light • of or belonging to a racial group especially of sub-Saharan African origin noun • the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white) • British chemist who identified carbon dioxide and who formulated the concepts of specific heat and latent heat (1728-1799) • popular child actress of the 1930's (born in 1928) • total absence of light • (board games) the darker pieces • a person with African ancestry, "Negro" and "Negroid" are archaic and pejorative today • black clothing (worn as a sign of mourning) adjective satellite • marked by anger or resentment or hostility • offering little or no hope • stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable • (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin • (of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood • extremely dark • harshly ironic or sinister • (of intelligence operations) deliberately misleading • distributed or sold illicitly • (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame • (of coffee) without cream or sugar • soiled with dirt or soot verb • make or become black | ||||||||
| bug | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • general term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate • a fault or defect in a computer program, system, or machine • a small hidden microphone; for listening secretly • insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis • a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use verb • annoy persistently • tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information | ||||||||
| dark | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black • (used of color) having a dark hue noun • absence of light or illumination • absence of moral or spiritual values • an unilluminated area • the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside • an unenlightened state adjective satellite • brunet (used of hair or skin or eyes) • stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable • secret • showing a brooding ill humor • lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture • marked by difficulty of style or expression • causing dejection • not giving performances; closed | ||||||||
| ebony | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • a very dark black • hard dark-colored heartwood of the ebony tree; used in cabinetwork and for piano keys • tropical tree of southern Asia having hard dark-colored heartwood used in cabinetwork adjective satellite • of a very dark black | ||||||||
| insect | nounn | |||||||
noun • small air-breathing arthropod • a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect | ||||||||
| jet | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • an airplane powered by one or more jet engines • the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid) • a hard black form of lignite that takes a brilliant polish and is used in jewelry or ornamentation • atmospheric discharges (lasting 10 msec) bursting from the tops of giant storm clouds in blue cones that widen as they flash upward • street names for ketamine • an artificially produced flow of water adjective satellite • of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal verb • issue in a jet; come out in a jet; stream or spring forth • fly a jet plane | ||||||||
| sable | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • an artist's brush made of sable hairs • the expensive dark brown fur of the marten • a very dark black • a scarf (or trimming) made of sable • marten of northern Asian forests having luxuriant dark brown fur adjective satellite • of a dark somewhat brownish black | ||||||||
| coleopteran | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • Any insect of the order Coleoptera; includes the beetles, weevils and fireflies | ||||||||
| rice weevil | nounn | |||||||
noun • brown weevil that infests stored grain especially rice | ||||||||
| sitophylus oryzae | nounn | |||||||
noun • brown weevil that infests stored grain especially rice | ||||||||
