boll weevil
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a kind of insect – beetle – small, only ¼ of an inch (6 mm); flying insect with hard leathery cover on the wings; feeds (eats) on cotton plants; native to Central America and South America,
Boll weevil is a pest – its larvae attack cotton bolls (= young cotton plants), and feed on the buds and flowers of the cotton plants. (a) {American Usage} a workers’ union member – a worker who does not follow or obey the union’s instructions or orders to participate in a strike (b) {with plural ‘boll weevils’} the USA conservative Southern Democratic party members – from 1948 to 1980; this term is not used since 1988
a boll-weevil =
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