tumblebug
[tuhm-buh l-buhg]
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noun
any of several dung beetles that roll balls of dung in which they deposit their eggs and in which the young develop.
Origin of tumblebug
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Yet I'm always gay and snug, happy as a tumblebug, having still the best of times, grinding out my blame fool rhymes!
Uncle Walt [Walt Mason]Walt Mason
It was only a tumblebug, but he shrank from putting foot on any living thing.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 14Elbert Hubbard