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Tumblebug

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thunderbugnounA thrips.
telecopridnounAny dung beetle that rolls a pile of dung
tumblernounA drinking glass that has no stem, foot, or handle — so called because such glasses originally had a pointed or convex base and could not be set down without spilling. This compelled the drinker to finish their measure.
tigernounPanthera tigris, a large predatory mammal of the cat family, indigenous to Asia.
dung-beetlenounAlternative spelling of dung beetle. [Any of the beetle of the family Scarabaeidae (scarab beetles), especially of the subfamilies Scarabaeinae and Aphodiinae, noted for rolling dung into balls for use as food or as brooding chambers.]
doodlebugnoun(informal, British) The V-1 flying bomb.
billbugnoun(US) weevil
beetlernounA person employed to use a beetle.
dung beetlenounAny of the beetle of the family Scarabaeidae (scarab beetles), especially of the subfamilies Scarabaeinae and Aphodiinae, noted for rolling dung into balls for use as food or as brooding chambers.
whirlwignounA whirligig beetle.
bumblenounA confusion; a jumble.
junebugnounAlternative form of June bug. [Any of several species of beetles:]
dumbledorenoun(slang) A blundering person.
whirligignounAnything that whirls or spins around, such as a toy top or a merry-go-round.
bugletnoun(computing, informal) A minor bug in a program.
hide beetlenounA beetle of the family Trogidae.
sparklernounA hand-held firework that emits sparks.
goatchafernounThe dor, a kind of dung beetle.
hornbugnoun(dated) Any of several species of genus Lucanus of large nocturnal beetles, with long, curved upper jaws resembling a sickle, and whose grubs are found in the trunks of old trees.
spring beetlenounAn elaterid; a click beetle.

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