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dung beetle
dung beetlen. Any of various beetles chiefly of the family Scarabaeidae that feed on dung and lay their eggs in it, often rolling it into balls.dung beetle or dung chafern (Animals) any of the various beetles of the family Scarabaeidae and related families that feed on or breed in dungdung′ bee`tle
n. any of various scarab beetles that feed on or breed in dung. [1625–35] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  dung beetle - any of numerous beetles that roll balls of dung on which they feed and in which they lay eggsscarabaean, scarabaeid, scarabaeid beetle - any of numerous species of stout-bodied beetles having heads with horny spikesscarab, scarabaeus, Scarabaeus sacer - scarabaeid beetle considered divine by ancient Egyptianstumblebug - any of various dung beetlesdorbeetle - Old World dung beetle that flies with a droning sound |
dung beetle
dung beetle: see scarab beetlescarab beetle
or scarab,
name for members of a large family of heavy-bodied, oval beetles (the Scarabaeidae), with about 30,000 species distributed throughout most of the world and over 1,200 in North America.
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Related to dung beetle: Scarab beetleWords related to dung beetlenoun any of numerous beetles that roll balls of dung on which they feed and in which they lay eggsRelated Words- scarabaean
- scarabaeid
- scarabaeid beetle
- scarab
- scarabaeus
- Scarabaeus sacer
- tumblebug
- dorbeetle
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