dung beetle
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
dung beetle (plural dung beetles)
- Any of the beetle of the family Scarabaeidae (scarab beetles), especially of the subfamilies Scarabaeinae and Aphodiinae, noted for roll#Verb|rolling dung into balls for use as food or as brooding chambers.
- Any of the true dung beetle of subfamily Scarabaeinae
- French: bousier, scarabée bousier, escarbot
- German: Mistkäfer
- Italian: scarabeo stercorario, geotrupe, stercorario
- Portuguese: escaravelho, rola-bosta
- Russian: наво́зный жук
- Spanish: escarabajo pelotero, ruedamierda
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