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dung beetle

World Encyclopedia | 2005 | Copyright

dung beetle Small to medium-sized scarab beetle. Some species form balls of dung as food for their larvae, and may roll the balls some distance before burying them. Family Scarabaeidae; species Geotrupus stercorarius.

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dung beetle

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

dung bee·tle • n. a beetle (esp. families Scarabaeidae and Geotrupidae.) whose larvae feed on dung.

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dung beetle

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

dung beetle see scarab beetle .

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A Dictionary of Zoology | 1999 | | Copyright

dung beetle See GEOTRUPIDAE.

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