Rhyn-chōph'o-ră, n.

(rin-kōf'o-ră), n. [Gr. ῥύγχος, snout, and φέρειν, to carry.] (Entom.) A family of coleopterous insects, distinguished by the prolongation of the head into the form of a snout or proboscis; the curculios or weevils.