Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - weevil

 noun  Etymology: Middle English wevel, from Old English wifel; akin to Old High German wibil beetle, Old English wefan to weave  Date: before 12th century any of a superfamily (Curculionoidea) of beetles which have the head prolonged into a more or less distinct snout and which include many that are destructive especially as larvae to nuts, fruit, and grain or to living plants; especially any of a family (Curculionidae) having a well-developed snout curved downward with the jaws at the tip and clubbed usually elbowed antennae  • ~y or ~ly adjective