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单词 tumble-dung
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tumble-dung
tumble-dung n.
Brit. /ˈtʌmbl̩dʌŋ/
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U.S. /ˈtəmb(ə)lˌdəŋ/
name in U.S. for a scarabæid beetle which rolls up balls of dung, in which it deposits its eggs and in which the larvæ go through their transformations; a dung beetle; also attributive.
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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)
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1775 R. Twiss Trav. Portugal & Spain 247 The beetle, known by the name of tumble-dung.
1798 in Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1799) 2 355 The scarabæus carnifex, or tumble-dung-beetle.
1880 New Virginians I. 103 The humble rusty-black ‘tumbledung’.
extracted from tumble-comb. form
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