Acanthoscelides

noun

Acan·​tho·​scel·​i·​des

əˌkan(t)thəˈseləˌdēz

: a genus of weevils (family Bruchidae) native to America but of cosmopolitan distribution and including the destructive bean weevil

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from acanth- + Greek skelos leg + -ides (plural of -id-, -is, patronymic suffix)

First Known Use

1937, in the meaning defined above

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