| 单词 | dunghill beetle |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdunghill beetle dunghill beetle n. = dung beetle n. at dung n.1 Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Polyphaga (omnivorous) > superfamily Lamellicornia Scarabaeoidea > family Scarabaeidae > member of (dung-beetle) sharnbudc1000 dora1450 clock1568 sharn-bug1608 dung beetle1634 grey fly1638 dunghill beetle1658 comb-chafer1712 tumble-turd1754 tumble-dung1775 dung-chafer1805 tumble-bug1805 tumbler1807 bull-comber1813 straddle-bug1839 lamellicorn1842 scarabaeidan1842 shard-beetle1854 watchman1864 scarabaeoid1887 scarabaeid1891 minotaur1918 1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) 1009 Some call the Pilularius the dunghill Beetle, because it breeds from dung and filth. 1868 M. R. Barnard tr. C. W. Paijkull Summer in Iceland 356/1 Scarabæus fimetarius. Dunghill beetle. 1966 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 27 Feb. 3/1 The bulldozers were bumbling along like dunghill beetles, pushing the sand away. 2005 Manch. Evening News (Nexis) 26 Aug. 33 As a child, she was told never to leave food and was often reminded how Joe had to eat dunghill beetles in the war. < as lemmas |
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