Also dorbeetle a common European dung beetle, Geotrupes stercorarius.
any of several insects, as the June bug, that make a buzzing noise in flight.
Dorian.
Doric.
First recorded before 900; Middle English dor(r)e, Old English dora; compare Middle Low German dorte “drone”
1545–55; < Old Norse dār mockery; compare German Tor fool
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In the supermarket, bilingual signs pointed shoppers to bwyd môr in Welsh, or seafood, rather than boos mor, and tatws melys, or sweet potato, rather than aval dor melys.
From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2026
We’ve found 23 species of dung beetle in a single cowpat, one of which – the violet dor beetle – hasn’t been seen in Sussex for 50 years.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 25, 2018
It is not surprising that he portrays hell in this play as a kind of sumptuous nightclub of gourmandizing delights and heaven as a spartan gymnasium of progressive ar dor.
From Time Magazine Archive
To negotiate with the Russians, says an American ambassa dor, "you must have enormous patience, doggedness, fantastically thick skin and the ability to hit hard."
From Time Magazine Archive
San dor Clegane spat at her feet to show what he thought at that.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
Dor. crosses to R., C., to speak to him.
From The Squire An Original Comedy in Three Acts by Pinero, Arthur Wing, Sir
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