Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A European dung beetle (Geotrupes stercorarius) that flies with a droning sound.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
dor - noun Same as
dor . - noun and cockchafer, 1.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) See 1st
dor .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
dor .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun Old World dung beetle that flies with a droning sound
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Obsolete dor, a buzzing bee or beetle (from Middle English dorre, from Old English dora) + beetle.]
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From dor + beetle.
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