- any of numerous beetles of the family Curculionidae, which have the head prolonged into a snout and which are destructive to nuts, grain, fruit, etc.
- any of numerous related beetles.
- any beetle of the family Curculionidae, having an elongated snout (rostrum): they are pests, feeding on plants and plant products
- any of various beetles of the family Bruchidae (or Lariidae), the larvae of which live in the seeds of leguminous plants
- any of various similar or related beetles
