A flying coleopterous insect or beetle; also dor-beetle, dor-fly. spec. (a) the common black dung beetle or dumble-dor (Geotrupes stercorarius)…
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| 释义 | the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Polyphaga (omnivorous) > superfamily Lamellicornia Scarabaeoidea > family Scarabaeidae > member of subfamily Cetoniinae or genus Cetonia > cetonia aurata (rose-chafer) (7) dora1450 A flying coleopterous insect or beetle; also dor-beetle, dor-fly. spec. (a) the common black dung beetle or dumble-dor (Geotrupes stercorarius)… rose fly1680 †(a) = rose chafer, n. 1 (obsolete); (b) any of various small flying insects that frequent roses (now rare). rose chafer1704 Any of several day-flying Old World beetles of the genus Cetonia (family Scarabaeidae), esp. the European C. aurata, which are typically of a bright… rose-bug1706 †(a) = rose chafer, n. 1 (obsolete rare); (b) U.S. = rose chafer, n. 2 (now rare). rose beetle?1735 = rose chafer, n. 1. goldsmith1799 = goldsmith beetle n. at compounds 2. Obsolete. goldsmith beetle1841 either of two chafers (family Scarabaeidae) having elytra of a yellowish colour or metallic lustre: (in the United States) the large Cotalpa lanigera… |
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