Cryptorhynchus

noun

Cryp·​to·​rhyn·​chus

ˌkriptəˈriŋkəs

: a large cosmopolitan genus of weevils including numerous pests of economic plants (as the poplar borer)

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from crypt- + -rhynchus

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