02172182-n 'any of numerous beetles that roll balls of dung on which they feed and in which they lay eggs';
 
Chinese (simplified) 蜣螂 , 粪金龟 , 屎壳郎 , 屎蚵螂 , 粪 金龟 , 金龟子
English dung beetle
Italian scarabeo stercorario
Japanese 糞虫 , スカラベ
Definitions
English
any of numerous beetles that roll balls of dung on which they feed and in which they lay eggs
Japanese
餌にしたり卵を産みつけたりする糞の玉をころがす多くの甲虫の総称
Relations
Hyponym: scarab tumblebug dorbeetle
Hypernym: scarabaeid_beetle
Semantic Field: animaln
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