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tumblebug

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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 + bug 1
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tum·ble·bug   (tŭm'bəl-bŭg')   
n.  Any of various dung beetles, especially of the genera Canthon and Phanaeus, that roll up balls of fresh dung, inside which the female deposits her eggs and on which the larvae feed.
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