TUMBLEBUG

Meaning of TUMBLEBUG in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈtəm-bəl-ˌbəg ]

noun

Date: 1805

: any of various scarab beetles (especially genera Scarabaeus, Canthon, Copris, or Phanaeus ) that roll dung into small balls, bury them in the ground, and lay eggs in them

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary. Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster. 2003

TUMBLEBUG — noun Date: 1805 any of various scarab beetles (especially genera Scarabaeus, Canthon, Copris, or Phanaeus ) that roll dung into …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TUMBLEBUG — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: tumble (I) + bug : any of various scarabaeid beetles (as members of the genera Scarabaeus, Canthon, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TUMBLEBUG — (n.) See Tumbledung.
Английский словарь Webster
TUMBLEBUG — ( n. ) See Tumbledung.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TUMBLEBUG — /tum"beuhl bug'/ , n. any of several dung beetles that roll balls of dung in which they deposit their eggs …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TUMBLEBUG — noun ·see tumbledung.
Webster English vocab
TUMBLEBUG — [tum.ble.bug] n (1805): any of various scarabaeid beetles (esp. genera Scarabaeus, Canthon, Copris, or Phanaeus) that roll dung into small …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TUMBLEBUG — энт. копр (Copris)
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
TUMBLEBUG — энт. копр ( Copris )
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
TUMBLEBUG — n. Pronunciation: ' t ə m-b ə l- ˌ b ə g Function: noun Date: 1805 : any of various …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
DUNG BEETLE — noun Date: circa 1634 a beetle (as a tumblebug) that rolls balls of dung in which to lay eggs and …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TUMBLER — ˈtəmb(ə)lə(r) noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from tumblen to tumble + -er — more at tumble 1. : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TUMBLEDUNG — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: tumble (I) + dung : tumblebug
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STRADDLEBUG — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun 1. : a long-legged insect (as a tumblebug) 2. : a wooden tripod used to mark a boundary …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DUNG BEETLE — noun also dung chafer : a scarabaeid beetle (as a dorbeetle or tumblebug) that rolls balls of dung in which …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DUNG BEETLE — Date: circa 1634 : a beetle (as a tumblebug) that rolls balls of dung in which to lay eggs and …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DUNG BEETLE — [dung beetle] n (ca. 1634): a beetle (as a tumblebug) that rolls balls of dung in which to lay eggs …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DUNG BEETLE
Britannica English vocabulary
INSECT — Synonyms and related words : Chilopoda, Chordata, Echiuroidea, Ectoprocta, Entoprocta, Lepisma, Monoplacophora, Nemertinea, Phoronidea, animal, ant, aphid, aphis, arachnid, arthropod, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
INSECT
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
КОПР — энт. (Copris) tumblebug
Новый Русско-Английский биологический словарь

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary

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