Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
clock : sometimes applied specifically to the Scarabæus stercorarius, or dung-beetle.
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Examples
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Only when the lark shall mate with the nightingale, and the honey-bee and the clock-beetle keep house together, shall I wed another maid.
Quest of the Golden Girl, a Romance Richard Le Gallienne 1906
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Only when the lark shall mate with the nightingale, and the honey-bee and the clock-beetle keep house together, shall I wed another maid.
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