tumble bug

[tuhm-buhl-buhg]

tum·ble·bug

[tuhm-buhl-buhg]
noun
any of several dung beetles that roll balls of dung in which they deposit their eggs and in which the young develop.

Origin:
1795–1805, Americanism; tumble + bug1
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Tumble bug is always a great word to know.
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a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
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