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TUMBLEBUG
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tumblebug mean?
• TUMBLEBUG (noun)
The noun TUMBLEBUG has 1 sense:
1. any of various dung beetles
Familiarity information: TUMBLEBUG used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of various dung beetles
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("tumblebug" is a kind of...):
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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