CLEO

Name Report For First Name CLEO:

First name CLEO's origin is Greek. CLEO means "famed". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with CLEO below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of cleo.(Brown names are of the same origin (Greek) with CLEO and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)

Rhymes with CLEO - Names & Words

First Names Rhyming CLEO

FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES CLEO AS A WHOLE:

cleopatra cleobis cleonie cleon macleod

NAMES RHYMING WITH CLEO (According to last letters):

Rhyming Names According to Last 3 Letters (leo) - Names That Ends with leo:

galileo leo

Rhyming Names According to Last 2 Letters (eo) - Names That Ends with eo:

amadeo mareo takeo tomeo cadeo cameo andreo antoneo clodoveo eliseo hevataneo mateo matteo maureo romeo tadeo teo timoteo neeheeo egiodeo corradeo caseareo wulfweardsweo felabeo cammeo kameo

NAMES RHYMING WITH CLEO (According to first letters):

Rhyming Names According to First 3 Letters (cle) - Names That Begins with cle:

cleantha cleary cleavon cleirach cleit clematis clemence clementina clementine clementius clennan cletus cleva cleve cleveland clevon

Rhyming Names According to First 2 Letters (cl) - Names That Begins with cl:

cla claas clach clady clae claec claefer claeg claegborne claegtun claennis claiborn claiborne clair claire clamedeus clancy clara clare claressa claresta clareta clarette claribel clarice clarimond clarimonda clarimonde clarimunda clarinda clarine clarion claris clarisa clarissa clarissant clarisse clarita clark clarke clarrisa claud claudas claude claudelle claudette claudia claudina claudine claudio claudios claudius claus clay clayborne claybourne clayburn clayson clayton cliantha clianthe cliff clifford cliffton clifland clifton cliftu cliftun clint clinton clinttun clintwood clio clive clodagh clodovea cloe cloee cloria cloridan clorinda cloris clotho clotilda

NAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH CLEO:

First Names which starts with 'c' and ends with 'o':

calico callisto calvino calypso camero carlino carlo carlomagno carmelo caro carrado casimiro cathao cearo ceasario cecilio cedro celaeno cesario cesaro ceto chano charo charro chayo chepito cheveyo chico chiko chiyo cho chochmo chochuschuvio choovio cidro cipriano cirilo ciro cisco coco columbo connlaio conrado constantino consuelo cordero cornelio corrado cosmo costello cristiano cristoforo cuartio cuarto cullo curcio currito curro cyrano

English Words Rhyming CLEO

ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES CLEO AS A WHOLE:

binucleolate

adjective (a.) Having two nucleoli.

heracleonite

noun (n.) A follower of Heracleon of Alexandria, a Judaizing Gnostic, in the early history of the Christian church.

nucleobranch	noun (n.) One of the Nucleobranchiata.
	adjective (a.) Belonging to the Nucleobranchiata.

nucleobranchiata

noun (n. pl.) See Heteropoda.

nucleoidioplasma

noun (n.) Hyaline plasma contained in the nucleus of vegetable cells.

nucleolar

adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the nucleolus of a cell.

nucleolated

adjective (a.) Having a nucleole, or second inner nucleus.

nucleole

noun (n.) The nucleus within a nucleus; nucleolus.

nucleolus	noun (n.) A little nucleus.
	noun (n.) A small rounded body contained in the nucleus of a cell or a protozoan.

nucleoplasm

noun (n.) The matter composing the nucleus of a cell; the protoplasm of the nucleus; karyoplasma.

nucleoplasmic

adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to nucleoplasm; -- esp. applied to a body formed in the developing ovum from the plasma of the nucleus of the germinal vesicle.

polynucleolar

adjective (a.) Having more than one nucleolus.

ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH CLEO (According to last letters):

Rhyming Words According to Last 3 Letters (leo) - English Words That Ends with leo:

leo	noun (n.) The Lion, the fifth sign of the zodiac, marked thus [/] in almanacs.
	noun (n.) A northern constellation east of Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus at the end of the handle of the Sickle.

maleo

noun (n.) A bird of Celebes (megacephalon maleo), allied to the brush turkey. It makes mounds in which to lay its eggs.

ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH CLEO (According to first letters):

Rhyming Words According to First 3 Letters (cle) - Words That Begins with cle:

cleading	noun (n.) A jacket or outer covering of wood, etc., to prevent radiation of heat, as from the boiler, cylinder. etc., of a steam engine.
	noun (n.) The planking or boarding of a shaft, cofferdam, etc.

cleaning	noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Clean
	noun (n.) The act of making clean.
	noun (n.) The afterbirth of cows, ewes, etc.

clean	adjective (a.) To render clean; to free from whatever is foul, offensive, or extraneous; to purify; to cleanse.
	superlative (superl.) Free from dirt or filth; as, clean clothes.
	superlative (superl.) Free from that which is useless or injurious; without defects; as, clean land; clean timber.
	superlative (superl.) Free from awkwardness; not bungling; adroit; dexterous; as, aclean trick; a clean leap over a fence.
	superlative (superl.) Free from errors and vulgarisms; as, a clean style.
	superlative (superl.) Free from restraint or neglect; complete; entire.
	superlative (superl.) Free from moral defilement; sinless; pure.
	superlative (superl.) Free from ceremonial defilement.
	superlative (superl.) Free from that which is corrupting to the morals; pure in tone; healthy.
	superlative (superl.) Well-proportioned; shapely; as, clean limbs.
	adverb (adv.) Without limitation or remainder; quite; perfectly; wholly; entirely.
	adverb (adv.) Without miscarriage; not bunglingly; dexterously.

cleaner

noun (n.) One who, or that which, cleans.

cleanliness

noun (n.) State of being cleanly; neatness of person or dress.

cleanness	noun (n.) The state or quality of being clean.
	noun (n.) Purity of life or language; freedom from licentious courses.

cleansable

adjective (a.) Capable of being cleansed.

cleansing

noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cleanse

cleanser

noun (n.) One who, or that which, cleanses; a detergent.

clear	noun (n.) Full extent; distance between extreme limits; especially; the distance between the nearest surfaces of two bodies, or the space between walls; as, a room ten feet square in the clear.
	superlative (superl.) Free from opaqueness; transparent; bright; light; luminous; unclouded.
	superlative (superl.) Free from ambiguity or indistinctness; lucid; perspicuous; plain; evident; manifest; indubitable.
	superlative (superl.) Able to perceive clearly; keen; acute; penetrating; discriminating; as, a clear intellect; a clear head.
	superlative (superl.) Not clouded with passion; serene; cheerful.
	superlative (superl.) Easily or distinctly heard; audible; canorous.
	superlative (superl.) Without mixture; entirely pure; as, clear sand.
	superlative (superl.) Without defect or blemish, such as freckles or knots; as, a clear complexion; clear lumber.
	superlative (superl.) Free from guilt or stain; unblemished.
	superlative (superl.) Without diminution; in full; net; as, clear profit.
	superlative (superl.) Free from impediment or obstruction; unobstructed; as, a clear view; to keep clear of debt.
	superlative (superl.) Free from embarrassment; detention, etc.
	adverb (adv.) In a clear manner; plainly.
	adverb (adv.) Without limitation; wholly; quite; entirely; as, to cut a piece clear off.
	verb (v. t.) To render bright, transparent, or undimmed; to free from clouds.
	verb (v. t.) To free from impurities; to clarify; to cleanse.
	verb (v. t.) To free from obscurity or ambiguity; to relive of perplexity; to make perspicuous.
	verb (v. t.) To render more quick or acute, as the understanding; to make perspicacious.
	verb (v. t.) To free from impediment or incumbrance, from defilement, or from anything injurious, useless, or offensive; as, to clear land of trees or brushwood, or from stones; to clear the sight or the voice; to clear one's self from debt; -- often used with of, off, away, or out.
	verb (v. t.) To free from the imputation of guilt; to justify, vindicate, or acquit; -- often used with from before the thing imputed.
	verb (v. t.) To leap or pass by, or over, without touching or failure; as, to clear a hedge; to clear a reef.
	verb (v. t.) To gain without deduction; to net.
	verb (v. i.) To become free from clouds or fog; to become fair; -- often followed by up, off, or away.
	verb (v. i.) To disengage one's self from incumbrances, distress, or entanglements; to become free.
	verb (v. i.) To make exchanges of checks and bills, and settle balances, as is done in a clearing house.
	verb (v. i.) To obtain a clearance; as, the steamer cleared for Liverpool to-day.

clearing	noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Clear
	noun (n.) The act or process of making clear.
	noun (n.) A tract of land cleared of wood for cultivation.
	noun (n.) A method adopted by banks and bankers for making an exchange of checks held by each against the others, and settling differences of accounts.
	noun (n.) The gross amount of the balances adjusted in the clearing house.

clearage

noun (n.) The act of removing anything; clearance.

clearance	noun (n.) The act of clearing; as, to make a thorough clearance.
	noun (n.) A certificate that a ship or vessel has been cleared at the customhouse; permission to sail.
	noun (n.) Clear or net profit.
	noun (n.) The distance by which one object clears another, as the distance between the piston and cylinder head at the end of a stroke in a steam engine, or the least distance between the point of a cogwheel tooth and the bottom of a space between teeth of a wheel with which it engages.

clearedness

noun (n.) The quality of being cleared.

clearer	noun (n.) One who, or that which, clears.
	noun (n.) A tool of which the hemp for lines and twines, used by sailmakers, is finished.

clearness

noun (n.) The quality or state of being clear.

clearstraching

noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Clearstarch

clearstarcher

noun (n.) One who clearstarches.

clearstory

noun (n.) Alt. of Clerestory

clerestory	noun (n.) The upper story of the nave of a church, containing windows, and rising above the aisle roofs.
	noun (n.) Same as Clearstory.

clearwing

noun (n.) A lepidopterous insect with partially transparent wings, of the family Aegeriadae, of which the currant and peach-tree borers are examples.

cleat	noun (n.) A strip of wood or iron fastened on transversely to something in order to give strength, prevent warping, hold position, etc.
	noun (n.) A device made of wood or metal, having two arms, around which turns may be taken with a line or rope so as to hold securely and yet be readily released. It is bolted by the middle to a deck or mast, etc., or it may be lashed to a rope.
	verb (v. t.) To strengthen with a cleat.

cleavable

adjective (a.) Capable of cleaving or being divided.

cleavage	noun (n.) The act of cleaving or splitting.
	noun (n.) The quality possessed by many crystallized substances of splitting readily in one or more definite directions, in which the cohesive attraction is a minimum, affording more or less smooth surfaces; the direction of the dividing plane; a fragment obtained by cleaving, as of a diamond. See Parting.
	noun (n.) Division into laminae, like slate, with the lamination not necessarily parallel to the plane of deposition; -- usually produced by pressure.

cleaving	noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cleave
	noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cleave

cleavelandite

noun (n.) A variety of albite, white and lamellar in structure.

cleaver

noun (n.) One who cleaves, or that which cleaves; especially, a butcher's instrument for cutting animal bodies into joints or pieces.

cleavers

noun (n.) A species of Galium (G. Aparine), having a fruit set with hooked bristles, which adhere to whatever they come in contact with; -- called also, goose grass, catchweed, etc.

cleche

adjective (a.) Charged with another bearing of the same figure, and of the color of the field, so large that only a narrow border of the first bearing remains visible; -- said of any heraldic bearing. Compare Voided.

clechy

adjective (a.) See Cleche.

cledge

noun (n.) The upper stratum of fuller's earth.

cledgy

adjective (a.) Stiff, stubborn, clayey, or tenacious; as, a cledgy soil.

clee	noun (n.) A claw.
	noun (n.) The redshank.

clef

noun (n.) A character used in musical notation to determine the position and pitch of the scale as represented on the staff.

cleft	noun (n.) A space or opening made by splitting; a crack; a crevice; as, the cleft of a rock.
	noun (n.) A piece made by splitting; as, a cleft of wood.
	noun (n.) A disease in horses; a crack on the band of the pastern.
	adjective (a.) Divided; split; partly divided or split.
	adjective (a.) Incised nearly to the midrib; as, a cleft leaf.
	(imp.) of Cleave
	(p. p.) of Cleave
	() imp. & p. p. from Cleave.

cleg

noun (n.) A small breeze or horsefly.

cleistogamic

adjective (a.) Alt. of Cleistogamous

cleistogamous

adjective (a.) Having, beside the usual flowers, other minute, closed flowers, without petals or with minute petals; -- said of certain species of plants which possess flowers of two or more kinds, the closed ones being so constituted as to insure self-fertilization.

clematis

noun (n.) A genus of flowering plants, of many species, mostly climbers, having feathery styles, which greatly enlarge in the fruit; -- called also virgin's bower.

clemence

noun (n.) Clemency.

clemency	noun (n.) Disposition to forgive and spare, as offenders; mildness of temper; gentleness; tenderness; mercy.
	noun (n.) Mildness or softness of the elements; as, the clemency of the season.

clement

adjective (a.) Mild in temper and disposition; merciful; compassionate.

clementine

adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Clement, esp. to St. Clement of Rome and the spurious homilies attributed to him, or to Pope Clement V. and his compilations of canon law.

clench

noun (n. & v. t.) See Clinch.

cleping

noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Clepe

clepsine

noun (n.) A genus of fresh-water leeches, furnished with a proboscis. They feed upon mollusks and worms.

clepsydra

noun (n.) A water clock; a contrivance for measuring time by the graduated flow of a liquid, as of water, through a small aperture. See Illust. in Appendix.

cleptomania

noun (n.) See Kleptomania.

clergeon

noun (n.) A chorister boy.

clergial

adjective (a.) Learned; erudite; clerical.

ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH CLEO:

English Words which starts with 'c' and ends with 'o':

cacajao

noun (n.) A South American short-tailed monkey (Pithecia (/ Brachyurus) melanocephala).

cacao

noun (n.) A small evergreen tree (Theobroma Cacao) of South America and the West Indies. Its fruit contains an edible pulp, inclosing seeds about the size of an almond, from which cocoa, chocolate, and broma are prepared.

calamanco

noun (n.) A glossy woolen stuff, plain, striped, or checked.

calando

adjective (a.) Gradually diminishing in rapidity and loudness.

calico	noun (n.) Plain white cloth made from cotton, but which receives distinctive names according to quality and use, as, super calicoes, shirting calicoes, unbleached calicoes, etc.
	noun (n.) Cotton cloth printed with a figured pattern.
	adjective (a.) Made of, or having the appearance of, calico; -- often applied to an animal, as a horse or cat, on whose body are large patches of a color strikingly different from its main color.

caligo

noun (n.) Dimness or obscurity of sight, dependent upon a speck on the cornea; also, the speck itself.

calypso

noun (n.) A small and beautiful species of orchid, having a flower variegated with purple, pink, and yellow. It grows in cold and wet localities in the northern part of the United States. The Calypso borealis is the only orchid which reaches 68� N.

cameo

noun (n.) A carving in relief, esp. one on a small scale used as a jewel for personal adornment, or like.

camerlingo

noun (n.) The papal chamberlain; the cardinal who presides over the pope's household. He has at times possessed great power.

camisado	noun (n.) A shirt worn by soldiers over their uniform, in order to be able to recognize one another in a night attack.
	noun (n.) An attack by surprise by soldiers wearing the camisado.

campanero

noun (n.) The bellbird of South America. See Bellbird.

cantarro	noun (n.) A weight used in southern Europe and East for heavy articles. It varies in different localities; thus, at Rome it is nearly 75 pounds, in Sardinia nearly 94 pounds, in Cairo it is 95 pounds, in Syria about 503 pounds.
	noun (n.) A liquid measure in Spain, ranging from two and a half to four gallons.

canto	noun (n.) One of the chief divisions of a long poem; a book.
	noun (n.) The highest vocal part; the air or melody in choral music; anciently the tenor, now the soprano.

caparro

noun (n.) A large South American monkey (Lagothrix Humboldtii), with prehensile tail.

cariccio	noun (n.) A piece in a free form, with frequent digressions from the theme; a fantasia; -- often called caprice.
	noun (n.) A caprice; a freak; a fancy.

capricioso

adjective (a.) In a free, fantastic style.

capuccio

noun (n.) A capoch or hood.

carapato

noun (n.) A south American tick of the genus Amblyomma. There are several species, very troublesome to man and beast.

carbonado	noun (n.) Flesh, fowl, etc., cut across, seasoned, and broiled on coals; a chop.
	noun (n.) A black variety of diamond, found in Brazil, and used for diamond drills. It occurs in irregular or rounded fragments, rarely distinctly crystallized, with a texture varying from compact to porous.
	verb (v. t.) Alt. of Carbonade

carbonaro

noun (n.) A member of a secret political association in Italy, organized in the early part of the nineteenth centry for the purpose of changing the government into a republic.

cardo	noun (n.) The basal joint of the maxilla in insects.
	noun (n.) The hinge of a bivalve shell.

cargo

noun (n.) The lading or freight of a ship or other vessel; the goods, merchandise, or whatever is conveyed in a vessel or boat; load; freight.

carpintero

noun (n.) A california woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus), noted for its habit of inserting acorns in holes which it drills in trees. The acorns become infested by insect larvae, which, when grown, are extracted for food by the bird.

carriboo

noun (n.) See Caribou.

cascalho

noun (n.) A deposit of pebbles, gravel, and ferruginous sand, in which the Brazilian diamond is usually found.

cashoo

noun (n.) See Catechu.

casino	noun (n.) A small country house.
	noun (n.) A building or room used for meetings, or public amusements, for dancing, gaming, etc.
	noun (n.) A game at cards. See Cassino.

cassino

noun (n.) A game at cards, played by two or more persons, usually for twenty-one points.

castrato

noun (n.) A male person castrated for the purpose of improving his voice for singing; an artificial, or male, soprano.

catafalco

noun (n.) See Catafalque.

catso

noun (n.) A base fellow; a rogue; a cheat.

cavalero

noun (n.) Alt. of Cavaliero

cavaliero

noun (n.) A cavalier; a gallant; a libertine.

cavetto

noun (n.) A concave molding; -- used chiefly in classical architecture. See Illust. of Column.

cello

noun (n.) A contraction for Violoncello.

cembalo

noun (n.) An old name for the harpsichord.

centesimo

noun (n.) A copper coin of Italy and Spain equivalent to a centime.

cento

noun (n.) A literary or a musical composition formed by selections from different authors disposed in a new order.

cerago

noun (n.) Beebread.

cero

noun (n.) A large and valuable fish of the Mackerel family, of the genus Scomberomorus. Two species are found in the West Indies and less commonly on the Atlantic coast of the United States, -- the common cero (Scomberomorus caballa), called also kingfish, and spotted, or king, cero (S. regalis).

chandoo

noun (n.) An extract or preparation of opium, used in China and India for smoking.

charneco

noun (n.) Alt. of Charnico

charnico

noun (n.) A sort of sweet wine.

chebacco

noun (n.) A narrow-sterned boat formerly much used in the Newfoundland fisheries; -- called also pinkstern and chebec.

chiaroscuro

noun (n.) Alt. of Chiaro-oscuro

chiffo

noun (n.) Alt. of niere

chromo

noun (n.) A chromolithograph.

cicero

noun (n.) Pica type; -- so called by French printers.

cicisbeo	noun (n.) A professed admirer of a married woman; a dangler about women.
	noun (n.) A knot of silk or ribbon attached to a fan, walking stick, etc.

cinquecento

noun (n. & a.) The sixteenth century, when applied to Italian art or literature; as, the sculpture of the Cinquecento; Cinquecento style.

cisco

noun (n.) The Lake herring (Coregonus Artedi), valuable food fish of the Great Lakes of North America. The name is also applied to C. Hoyi, a related species of Lake Michigan.

clarino

noun (n.) A reed stop in an organ.

clio

noun (n.) The Muse who presided over history.

cockamaroo

noun (n.) The Russian variety of bagatelle.

cockatoo

noun (n.) A bird of the Parrot family, of the subfamily Cacatuinae, having a short, strong, and much curved beak, and the head ornamented with a crest, which can be raised or depressed at will. There are several genera and many species; as the broad-crested (Plictolophus, / Cacatua, cristatus), the sulphur-crested (P. galeritus), etc. The palm or great black cockatoo of Australia is Microglossus aterrimus.

cocobolo

noun (n.) Alt. of Cocobolas

coendoo

noun (n.) The Brazilian porcupine (Cercolades, / Sphingurus, prehensiles), remarkable for its prehensile tail.

colocolo

noun (n.) A South American wild cat (Felis colocolo), of the size of the ocelot.

colombo

noun (n.) See Calumba.

colugo

noun (n.) A peculiar East Indian mammal (Galleopithecus volans), having along the sides, connecting the fore and hind limbs, a parachutelike membrane, by means of which it is able to make long leaps, like the flying squirrel; -- called also flying lemur.

columbo

noun (n.) See Calumba.

comboloio

noun (n.) A Mohammedan rosary, consisting of ninety-nine beads.

comedo

noun (n.) A small nodule or cystic tumor, common on the nose, etc., which on pressure allows the escape of a yellow wormlike mass of retained oily secretion, with a black head (dirt).

concertino

noun (n.) A piece for one or more solo instruments with orchestra; -- more concise than the concerto.

concerto

noun (n.) A composition (usually in symphonic form with three movements) in which one instrument (or two or three) stands out in bold relief against the orchestra, or accompaniment, so as to display its qualities or the performer's skill.

concetto

noun (n.) Affected wit; a conceit.

condurango

noun (n.) See Cundurango.

congo

noun (n.) Black tea, of higher grade (finer leaf and less dusty) than the present bohea. See Tea.

contango	noun (n.) The premium or interest paid by the buyer to the seller, to be allowed to defer paying for the stock purchased until the next fortnightly settlement day.
	noun (n.) The postponement of payment by the buyer of stock on the payment of a premium to the seller. See Backwardation.

continuo

noun (n.) Basso continuo, or continued bass.

contrabasso

noun (n.) The largest kind of bass viol. See Violone.

contrafagetto

noun (n.) The double bassoon, an octave deeper than the bassoon.

contralto	noun (n.) The part sung by the highest male or lowest female voices; the alto or counter tenor.
	noun (n.) the voice or singer performing this part; as, her voice is a contralto; she is a contralto.
	adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a contralto, or to the part in music called contralto; as, a contralto voice.

coranto

noun (n.) A sprightly but somewhat stately dance, now out of fashion.

cornuto

noun (n.) A man that wears the horns; a cuckold.

corozo

noun (n.) Alt. of Corosso

corosso

noun (n.) The name in Central America for the seed of a true palm; also, a commercial name for the true ivory nut. See Ivory nut.

corvetto

noun (n.) A curvet.

couranto

noun (n.) A sprightly dance; a coranto; a courant.

crambo	adjective (a.) A game in which one person gives a word, to which another finds a rhyme.
	adjective (a.) A word rhyming with another word.

credo

noun (n.) The creed, as sung or read in the Roman Catholic church.

crescendo	noun (n.) A gradual increase in the strength and fullness of tone with which a passage is performed.
	noun (n.) A passage to be performed with constantly increasing volume of tone.
	adverb (a. & adv.) With a constantly increasing volume of voice; with gradually increasing strength and fullness of tone; -- a direction for the performance of music, indicated by the mark, or by writing the word on the score.

croisado

noun (n.) A holy war; a crusade.

crotalo

noun (n.) A Turkish musical instrument.

crusado

noun (n.) An old Portuguese coin, worth about seventy cents.

cruzado

noun (n.) A coin. See Crusado.

cuckoo

noun (n.) A bird belonging to Cuculus, Coccyzus, and several allied genera, of many species.

cucujo

noun (n.) The fire beetle of Mexico and the West Indies.

cuerpo

noun (n.) The body.

cundurango

noun (n.) The bark of a South American vine (Gonolobus Condurango) of the Milkweed family. It has been supposed, but erroneously, to be a cure for cancer.

curacao

noun (n.) Alt. of Curacoa

curculio

noun (n.) One of a large group of beetles (Rhynchophora) of many genera; -- called also weevils, snout beetles, billbeetles, and billbugs. Many of the species are very destructive, as the plum curculio, the corn, grain, and rice weevils, etc.

curio

noun (n.) Any curiosity or article of virtu.

curioso

noun (n.) A virtuoso.

cururo

noun (n.) A Chilian burrowing rodent of the genus Spalacopus.

caballero

noun (n.) A knight or cavalier; hence, a gentleman.

caballo

noun (n.) A horse.

calabozo

noun (n.) A jail. See Calaboose.