kalander, noun1
- Forms:
- Also klander.
- Origin:
- DutchShow more Dutch, grain weevil.
?obsolescent
Any of several species of weevil, especially the grain weevils (Sitophilus spp., of the Curculionidae); the larva of any of these weevils. See also calandra.
1731 G. Medley tr. of P. Kolben’s Present State of Cape of G.H. II. 185There are Abundance of Weevils in the Corn-Lofts in the Cape-Colonies. The Cape-Europeans call ’em Klanders...One would think, that Name was deriv’d from the Latin Word Clandestinus, signifying, secret, hidden, private; because this Insect, having entered a Grain of corn, hides it self in it, as it were.
1937 Handbk for Farmers (Dept of Agric. & Forestry) 728Wheat, maize and other cereals which are stored, are susceptible to attack, particularly by two small insects — the grain weevil or kalander, and the grain moth.
Any of several species of weevil, especially the grain weevils (Sitophilus spp., of the Curculionidae); the larva of any of these weevils.
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