Definition of Bruchus

1. Noun. Type genus of the Bruchidae.

Exact synonyms: Genus Bruchus
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Bruchidae, Family Bruchidae
Member holonyms: Bruchus Pisorum, Pea Weevil

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bruchus

Brownshirt
Brownshirts
Brownsville
Bruce
Bruce Lee
Bruce effect
Brucella canis
Brucella suis
Brucellaceae
Bruceploitation
Bruces
Bruch
Bruch's glands
Bruch's membrane
Bruchidae
Bruchus
Bruchus pisorum
Bruck's disease
Brucke's muscle
Brucke's tunic
Brucke-Bartley phenomenon
Bruckenthalia
Bruckenthalia spiculifolia
Bruckner
Brudzinski's sign
Bruegel
Bruegelian
Brueghel
Brueghelian
Brug's filariasis

Literary usage of Bruchus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Pierre André Latreille (1831)
"bruchus, Lin. . « -,„ » >. subdivided as follows: >. ... Or bruchus proper, the antennae are filiform and frequently serrated or ..."

2. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine by Nathaniel Lloyd and Company (1908)
"2) Mr. Champion expresses the opinion that " the true bruchus affinis probably has no claim to a place on the British list." This, however, is not the case. ..."

3. Report on the Injurious Insects and Other Animals Observed in the Midland by Walter Edward Collinge (1908)
"bruchus pisi, Linn. Two or three correspondents have complained of the damage done to peas by the larva of this beetle. Life-History. ..."

4. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences by California Academy of Sciences (1895)
"Texas, Arizona, New Mexico. El Chinche and San Julio. bruchus ... bruchus AUREOLUS Horn. Desert regions of southern California. San Julio, San Jose del Cabo ..."

5. Arcana cœlestia: or Heavenly mysteries contained in the sacred Scriptures by Emanuel Swedenborg (1866)
"Such is the meaning of the locust and bruchus-locust in David, " He sent into them a swarm, which consumed them; and frogs, which destroyed them. ..."

6. Our insect enemies by Theodore Wood (1885)
"... history—Appearance of the perfect insect — Its habit of simulating death — Peas and beans and their enemies — bruchus weevils—History of their life—/?, ..."

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