Ceutorhynchus

noun

Ceu·​to·​rhyn·​chus

ˌsütəˈriŋkəs

: a large nearly cosmopolitan genus of weevils (family Curculionidae) including a number of forms very destructive to cruciferous plants

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from ceuto- (irregular from Greek keuthein to hide) + -rhynchus

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