Plum gouger

(Zool.) a weevil, or curculio (Coccotorus scutellaris), which destroys plums. It makes round holes in the pulp, for the reception of its eggs. The larva bores into the stone and eats the kernel.

See also: Plum

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.