English Explanatory Dictionary

plum gouger

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A weevil or curculio (Coccotorus scutellaris or Coccotorus pruniphilus)

Word forms

plum gouger plum gougers

Etymology

So-called as it makes round holes in the pulp of a plum in which it lays its eggs. The larvae bore into the stone and eat the kernel.

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