the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [adjective] > living or born in dung (5)
Of a beetle: Born in dung; spec. applied to the shard-beetle (see shard, n.2 compounds).
Of a beetle: Living in dung.
Entomology. Of beetles, etc.: Living in dung.
Living in dung or excrement.
Entomology. Of certain beetles, flies, etc.: Frequenting or feeding on dung.