tumblebug
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of tumblebug
Example Sentences
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It says the female tumblebug will lay only one egg inside each ball of dung, allowing the developing larvae to have all the resources they need without having to compete with their siblings for nourishment.
From Washington Times • Aug. 27, 2019
The park says on its Facebook page that the tumblebug is one of the many beetles found in the Smokies that relies on animal scat to complete its life cycle.
From Washington Times • Aug. 27, 2019
Atlanta tumblebug, as No. 2 U. S. singles player.
From Time Magazine Archive
Have you ever seen a tumblebug, you know what they roll in .. . those little turds on the ground.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
That tumblebug Miller is one fishy proposition, and his sidekick Doble—say, he's the kind of bird that shoots you in the stomach while he's shakin' hands with you.
From Gunsight Pass How Oil Came to the Cattle Country and Brought a New West by Raine, William MacLeod
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