Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun dung_beetle

1 sense of dung beetle

Sense 1
dung beetle -- (any of numerous beetles that roll balls of dung on which they feed and in which they lay eggs)
       => scarabaeid beetle, scarabaeid, scarabaean -- (any of numerous species of stout-bodied beetles having heads with horny spikes)