单词 | tumble-dung |
释义 | > as lemmastumble-dung tumble-dung n. Brit. /ˈtʌmbl̩dʌŋ/ , 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.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 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’. < as lemmas |
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