chestnut weevil
A species of weevil (Curculio dentipes) that infests chestnuts.
The chestnut weevil lays its eggs inside chestnuts.
Standard katakana spelling for this insect name.
Kanji spelling is rare; the word is usually written in kana.
Compound of 栗 (kuri, 'chestnut'), 鴫 (shigi, 'snipe', here referring to the weevil's long snout resembling a snipe's bill), and 象虫 (zōmushi, 'weevil').