Dorbeetle

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dorbeetle \Dor"bee`tle\, n. (Zool.)
     See 1st {Dor}.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Dor \Dor\, n. [Cf. AS. dora drone, locust, D. tor beetle, L.
     taurus a kind of beetle. Cf. {Dormouse}.] (Zool.)
     A large European scaraboid beetle ({Geotrupes stercorarius}),
     which makes a droning noise while flying. The name is also
     applied to allied American species, as the {June bug}. Called
     also {dorr}, {dorbeetle}, or {dorrbeetle}, {dorbug},
     {dorrfly}, and {buzzard clock}.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cockchafer \Cock"chaf`er\, n. [See {Chafer} the beetle.] (Zool.)
     A beetle of the genus {Melolontha} (esp. {Melolontha
     vulgaris}) and allied genera; -- called also {May bug},
     {chafer}, or {dorbeetle}.
     [1913 Webster] Cockcrow

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  dorbeetle
       n : Old World dung beetle that flies with a droning sound