Rhynchophora

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Rhynchophora \Rhyn*choph"o*ra\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. "ry`gchos
     snout + fe`rein to carry.] (Zool.)
     A group of Coleoptera having a snoutlike head; the snout
     beetles, curculios, or weevils.
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