weevil

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1. mọt

   Any of many tens of thousands of species of herbivorous beetles, ranging in size from tiny to large, in the superfamily Curculionoidea, the most characteristic species having the head projecting in a distinctive snout with the mouthparts at the tip.

   The boll weevil has long plagued cotton crops.

2. mọt

   Any of many tens of thousands of species of herbivorous beetles of various sizes, in the family Curculionidae within the superfamily Curculionoidea.

3. mọt

   Any of many similar, but more distantly related, beetles such as the biscuit weevil (Stegobium paniceum).

4. kẻ đáng khinh

   A loathsome person.

   derogatory · figuratively

   But you accuse other men of villainy with too easy a tongue, you weevil. I have never wanted you in this matter, and I have said so.

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• weevils plural