DUNG BEETLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dung beetle mean? 

• DUNG BEETLE (noun)
  The noun DUNG BEETLE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: DUNG BEETLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DUNG BEETLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of numerous beetles that roll balls of dung on which they feed and in which they lay eggs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("dung beetle" is a kind of...):

scarabaean; scarabaeid; scarabaeid beetle (any of numerous species of stout-bodied beetles having heads with horny spikes)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dung beetle"):

scarab; scarabaeus; Scarabaeus sacer (scarabaeid beetle considered divine by ancient Egyptians)

tumblebug (any of various dung beetles)

dorbeetle (Old World dung beetle that flies with a droning sound)