Curculio

Pronunciation: k?r-r?"l?-?
n. pl. Curculios (-z).

1. One of a large group of beetles (Rhynchophora) of many genera; -- called also weevils, snout beetles, billbeetles, and billbugs. Many of the species are very destructive, as the plum curculio, the corn, grain, and rice weevils, etc.