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dorbeetle

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dor·bee·tle (dôr

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n.

A European dung beetle (Geotrupes stercorarius) that flies with a droning sound.

[Obsolete dor, a buzzing bee or beetle (from Middle English dorre, from Old English dora) + beetle¹.]

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dorbeetle - Old World dung beetle that flies with a droning sound

dung beetle - any of numerous beetles that roll balls of dung on which they feed and in which they lay eggs

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