Dictionary entry

Rhynchophora

Webster's Dictionary 1913

‖Rhyn‐choph″o‐ra (�), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ρὕγχοσ snout + φέρειν to carry.] (Zoöl.) A group of Coleoptera having a snoutlike head; the snout beetles, curculios, or weevils.