TUMBLEDUNG

Meaning of TUMBLEDUNG in English

noun any one of numerous species of scaraboid beetles belonging to scarabaeus, copris, phanaeus, and allied genera. the female lays her eggs in a globular mass of dung which she rolls by means of her hind legs to a burrow excavated in the earth in which she buries it.

Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Webster. 2012

TUMBLEDUNG — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: tumble (I) + dung : tumblebug
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TUMBLEDUNG — (n.) Any one of numerous species of scaraboid beetles belonging to Scarabaeus, Copris, Phanaeus, and allied genera. The female lays …
Английский словарь Webster
TUMBLEDUNG — ( n. ) Any one of numerous species of scaraboid beetles belonging to Scarabaeus, Copris, Phanaeus, and allied genera. The …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TUMBLEBUG — (n.) See Tumbledung.
Английский словарь Webster
SCARABOID — (a.) Of or pertaining to the family Scarabaeidae, an extensive group which includes the Egyptian scarab, the tumbledung, and many …
Английский словарь Webster
MUCKWORM — (n.) A larva or grub that lives in muck or manure; -- applied to the larvae of the tumbledung and …
Английский словарь Webster
TUMBLEBUG — ( n. ) See Tumbledung.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SCARABOID — ( a. ) Of or pertaining to the family Scarabaeidae, an extensive group which includes the Egyptian scarab, the tumbledung, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MUCKWORM — ( n. ) A larva or grub that lives in muck or manure; -- applied to the larvae of the …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TUMBLEBUG — noun ·see tumbledung.
Webster English vocab
SCARABOID — noun a scaraboid beetle. 2. scaraboid ·adj of or pertaining to the family scarabaeidae, an extensive group which includes the …
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MUCKWORM — noun one who scrapes together money by mean labor and devices; a miser. 2. muckworm ·noun a larva or grub …
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