dor
/dɔː
/(also dor beetle)
noun
A large black dung beetle that makes a droning sound in flight and excavates burrows in which its young develop.
- Family Geotrupidae: several genera and species, including the common Geotrupes stercorarius.
Origin
Old English (denoting a bee or buzzing fly), probably imitative.
- house specialty
- house spider
- house sport
- housestead
- house style
- house surgeon
- house swallow
- house swap
- house swapping
- house tablemaid
- house tailor
- house tax
- house telephone
- house-to-house
- housetop
- house trailer
- house-train
- house trap
- house type
- House Un-American Activities Committee
- house urn
- houseward
- housewares
- housewarm
- house-warmer