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dung beetle
noun
- any of various scarab beetles that feed on or breed in dung.
dung beetle
noun
- any of the various beetles of the family Scarabaeidae and related families that feed on or breed in dung
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Word History and Origins
Origin of dung beetle1
First recorded in 1625–35
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Example Sentences
And then to be fooling round here alone night after night with that dung-beetle, that Tommy—the beast smells, I tell you.
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The mates of several species of dung-beetle keep house together and know the worth of mutual labour.
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And as I said 'Hodge, my dear Hodge,' you tumbled about like a kernel of corn which a dung-beetle blows with his breath.
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Life is everywhere the same, in the Dung beetle's body as in man's.
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Of this description is the maxilla in the common dung-beetle (Geotrupes stercorarius), and rove-beetle (Staphylinus olens).
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