dung beetle
Noun
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Any of numerous beetles that roll balls of dung on which they feed and in which they lay eggs (synset 102174834)
is a type of: scarabaean, scarabaeid, scarabaeid beetle - any of numerous species of stout-bodied beetles having heads with horny spikessubtypes:
- 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
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