white-pine weevil: Meaning and Definition of

white'-pine' wee"vil

Pronunciation: (hwīt'pīn', wīt'-), [key]
  1. a brown beetle, Pissodes strobi, the larvae of which feed on the terminal buds and shoots of white pine and other conifers.
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