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Definition of Dorbeetle
1. Noun. Old World dung beetle that flies with a droning sound.
Definition of Dorbeetle
1. n. See 1st Dor.
Definition of Dorbeetle
1. Noun. The dor. ¹
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Definition of Dorbeetle
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Medical Definition of Dorbeetle
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Dorbeetle
Literary usage of Dorbeetle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of the Earth, and Animated Natureby Oliver Goldsmith, Washington Irving by Oliver Goldsmith, Washington Irving (1854)
"In some countries these birds are considered as a benefit, in others as a nuisance :
their chief food is the worm of the dorbeetle, and corn ; thus they may ..."
2. Systematic Science Teaching: A Manual of Inductive Elementary Work for All by Edward Gardiner Howe (1894)
"Alternate, dorbeetle. 15. Oak Pruner.—One of the "long horned" beetles which do
so much damage to trees. Of exceedingly wonderful habits, and easily found ..."
3. Camera by Columbia Photographic Society, Philadelphia (1916)
"Mr. Main concluded with some pictures illustrating the metamorphosis of the
dorbeetle (Geotrupes stercorarius), and carried it through from the stage of the ..."
4. The Philosophy of Zoology: Or, A General View of the Structure, Functions by John Fleming (1822)
"This is chiefly displayed in various insects, and may readily be perceived in
the common dorbeetle, ..."
5. Ornithological Dictionary of British Birds by George Montagu, James Rennie (1831)
"Its principal food is insects, with which it feeds the young, particularly the
chaffer, or dorbeetle. These it transfixes on a thorn, tears off the body, ..."
6. Anglistische Forschungen (1906)
"... dorre geschrieben, 'Hummel, Drohne' /Essex, Hamp.), 'Maikäfer' (An., Norf.,
Suf., Hamp.), Käfer', auch in ne. dor-bee, dorbeetle, dor-fly, usw feld-beo. ..."
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