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tumblebug
[ 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.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tumblebug1
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Example Sentences
Yet I'm always gay and snug, happy as a tumblebug, having still the best of times, grinding out my blame fool rhymes!
From Project Gutenberg
It was only a tumblebug, but he shrank from putting foot on any living thing.
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