English Dictionary

dung beetle

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈdʌŋ biːtəl/

名詞

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.

日本語の意味

フンコロガシ：糞を食料や産卵のために球状に転がして利用する習性を持つ、Scarabaeidae科（甲虫類）の一群

At dawn, a dung beetle rolled its ball of dung across the dewy grass toward a shaded burrow.

夜明けに、フンコロガシが露に濡れた草原を横切り、日陰の巣穴へ向かって糞の玉を転がした。

意味（1）

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.

They went in together. His was accepted and mine rejected. The title of his paper was 'The Reproductive System of the Dung-Beetle'. There was a general laugh.

意味（2）

Any of the true dung beetles of subfamily Scarabaeinae

dung beetles （ plural ）