weevillike

weevillike

English

Etymology

weevil +‎ -like

Adjective

weevillike (comparative more weevillike, superlative most weevillike)

1. Resembling or characteristic of a weevil.
   • 1932, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Technical Bulletin (issue 319, 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 […]