Curculio

See also: curculio

Translingual

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin curculiō (“weevil”).

Proper noun

Curculio m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Curculionidae – acorn weevils or nut weevils.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Holometabola - superorder; Coleoptera - order; Polyphaga - suborder; Curculionoidea - superfamily, Curculionidae - family; Curculioninae - subfamily; Curculionini - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Curculio nucum - type species; for other species see Curculio on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

References

• Curculio on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Curculio on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Curculio on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Curculio at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Curculio at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.

Latin

Etymology

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Proper noun

Curcūliō m sg (genitive Curcūliōnis); third declension

1. a male given name, character in the play Curculio of Plautus

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Curcūliō
Genitive	Curcūliōnis
Dative	Curcūliōnī
Accusative	Curcūliōnem
Ablative	Curcūliōne
Vocative	Curcūliō