weevillike
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]weevillike (comparative more weevillike, superlative most weevillike)
- Resembling or characteristic of a weevil.
- 1932, Technical Bulletin, number 319, U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 29:
- The larva at this time is 0.3 mm in length and quite different in form from the two preceding stages, being almost globular, markedly weevillike, and with the segmentation distinct.
- 1961, Joseph Heller, Catch-22:
- He came to in the ambulance and smiled encouragement at Doc Daneeka's weevillike, glum and overshadowed countenance for the dizzy second or two he had before everything went rose-petal pink again and then turned really black […]