Shipworm Or Boll Weevil Crossword Clue

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Updated: October 10, 2023

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	noun • a drill for penetrating rock • any of various insects or larvae or mollusks that bore into wood
	56%	4		Boll weevil, to a cotton farmer
	noun • a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal • any epidemic disease with a high death rate • a persistently annoying person • any unwanted and destructive insect or other animal that attacks food or crops or livestock etc.
	56%	13		Insect family that includes the boll weevil
	noun • true weevils: snout beetles

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New York Times19 Oct 1977	Across 13
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