dung beetle

Private parts, be they of ducks, damselflies or dung beetles, turn out to have evolved novel forms at breakneck speeds.

Her feet crush creeping things: there is a busy ant or blazoned beetle, with its back broken, writhing in the dust, unseen.

But strangest of all the dishes at the Tagal's feast was one prepared from a kind of beetle.

Bran or horse-dung inside was a good thing as a stop-gap, though it added not to the strength of the boiler.

It is likewise formed daring the decay of animal and vegetable matters, and is consequently evolved from dung and compost heaps.

Well rotten dung, which had been kept in the manure heap upwards of six months.