"dung beetle" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈdʌŋ biːtəl/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-au-dung beetle.ogg [Australia] Forms: dung beetles [plural]
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  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. Categories (lifeform): Scarabaeoids Translations (insect of the family Scarabaeidae): miskruier (Afrikaans), bubuzhel [masculine] (Albanian), κάνθαρος (kántharos) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), βύλαρος (búlaros) [Koine, masculine] (Ancient Greek), جَعْل الرَوْث (jaʕl ar-rawṯ) [masculine] (Arabic), جِعْرَان (jiʕrān) [masculine] (Arabic), خُنْفُسَاء (ḵunfusāʔ) [feminine] (Arabic), ܚܪܦܘܫܬܐ [Classical-Syriac, feminine] (Aramaic), গুবৰুৱা (guborua) (Assamese), bleiz-bouzel [masculine] (Breton), escarabat piloter [masculine] (Catalan), escarabat merder (Catalan), сыпаню (sɨpani͡u) [Dungan] (Chinese), 蜣螂 (khiong-lông) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 屎龜 [Hokkien, Quanzhou] (Chinese), 屎龟 (sái-ku) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 牛屎龜 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 牛屎龟 (zh-min-nan) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 蜣螂 (english: goeng¹ long⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 屎殼郎 (Chinese Cantonese), 屎壳郎 (si² hok³ long⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 蜣螂 (qiāngláng) (Chinese Mandarin), 屎殼郎 (Chinese Mandarin), 屎壳郎 (shǐkélàng) (Chinese Mandarin), 屎蚵螂 (shǐkēláng) (Chinese Mandarin), 糞金龜 (Chinese Mandarin), 粪金龟 (fènjīnguī) (Chinese Mandarin), hovnivál [masculine] (Czech), chrobák [masculine] (Czech), gødningsbille [common-gender] (Danish), møgbille [common-gender] (Danish), mestkever [masculine] (Dutch), strontkever [masculine] (Dutch), 牛屎龜 (Eastern Min Chinese), 牛屎龟 (ngù-sāi-gŭi) (Eastern Min Chinese), sterkoskarabo (Esperanto), fekskarabo (Esperanto), sitikas (Estonian), sittiäinen (Finnish), sittisontiainen (Finnish), bousier [masculine] (French), scarabée bousier [masculine] (French), escarbot [masculine] (French), bosteiro [masculine] (Galician), Mistkäfer [masculine] (German), Mistguege [Alemannic-German, Uri, feminine] (German), σκαραβαίος (skaravaíos) [masculine] (Greek), חִפּוּשִׁית זֶבֶל (khipushít zével) [feminine] (Hebrew), गोबरैला (gobrailā) [masculine] (Hindi), गुबरैला (gubrailā) [masculine] (Hindi), tordýfill [masculine] (Icelandic), sterko-skarabeo (Ido), sittapöröläin (Ingrian), priompallán [masculine] (Irish), scarabeo stercorario [masculine] (Italian), geotrupe [masculine] (Italian), stercorario [masculine] (Italian), 糞虫 (alt: ふんちゅう, funchū, くそむし, kusomushi) (Japanese), 糞転がし (funkorogashi) (alt: ふんころがし) (Japanese), フンコロガシ (funkorogashi) (Japanese), kutis (Javanese), tuktul achaq’ (K'iche'), baReng (Kavalan), қиқоңыз (qiqoñyz) (Kazakh), កំពូលអាចម៍ (kɑmpuul ac) (Khmer), nding'oing'o [class-10, class-9] (Kikuyu), 말똥구리 (malttongguri) (Korean), 쇠똥구리 (soettongguri) (Korean), 소똥구리 (sottongguri) (Korean), mēslvabole [feminine] (Latvian), mėšlavabalis [masculine] (Lithuanian), gnojowy bruk [masculine] (Lower Sorbian), лепешкар (lepeškar) [masculine] (Macedonian), chąąneiłmaasii (Navajo), gjødselbille [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), gjødselbille [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), բզէզ (bzēz) (Old Armenian), tordwifel [masculine] (Old English), kwitaululujtzin (Pipil), büze vål (Polabian), escaravelho [masculine] (Portuguese), rola-bosta [masculine] (Portuguese), aka suntu (Quechua), scarabeu [masculine] (Romanian), наво́зный жук (navóznyj žuk) [masculine] (Russian), наво́зник (navóznik) [masculine] (Russian), iscarabeu [masculine] (Sardinian), carramerda [masculine] (Sardinian), carrabusu [masculine] (Sardinian), ceàrd-dubhan [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), говноваљ [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), балегар [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), балегара [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), govnovalj [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), balegar [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), balegara [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), lajniak [masculine] (Slovak), govnač [masculine] (Slovene), escarabajo pelotero [masculine] (Spanish), ruedamierda [masculine] (Spanish), bladhorning [common-gender] (Swedish), dyngbagge [common-gender] (Swedish), tordyvel [common-gender] (Swedish), சாணி வண்டு (cāṇi vaṇṭu) (Tamil), పేడపురుగు (pēḍapurugu) (Telugu), 牛屎核 (ghu⁵ sai² hug⁸) (Teochew), bok böceği (Turkish), гнойови́к (hnojovýk) [masculine] (Ukrainian), лайня́р (lajnjár) [masculine] (Ukrainian), лайня́к (lajnják) [masculine] (Ukrainian), hnojowy bruk [masculine] (Upper Sorbian), bọ hung (Vietnamese), uqongqothwane class 1a/2a (Xhosa), inkubabulongwe [class-10, class-9] (Xhosa), mbongjmbwt (Zhuang), inkuba [class-10, class-9] (Zulu)
    Sense id: en-dung_beetle-en-noun-OgKS-Z8r Disambiguation of Scarabaeoids: 53 47 Categories (other): Eastern Min terms with redundant transliterations, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Eastern Min terms with redundant transliterations: 55 45 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 61 39 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 53 47 Disambiguation of 'insect of the family Scarabaeidae': 90 10
  2. Any of the true dung beetles of subfamily Scarabaeinae. Categories (lifeform): Scarabaeoids
    Sense id: en-dung_beetle-en-noun-aLCeP4Tj Disambiguation of Scarabaeoids: 53 47 Categories (other): Eastern Min terms with redundant transliterations, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Eastern Min terms with redundant transliterations: 55 45 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 53 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: dor, scarab

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          "roman": "shǐkélàng",
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          "roman": "shǐkēláng",
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          "roman": "fènjīnguī",
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          "lang": "Teochew",
          "roman": "ghu⁵ sai² hug⁸",
          "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
          "word": "牛屎核"
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          "word": "hovnivál"
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          "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
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          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
          "word": "sitikas"
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
          "word": "sittiäinen"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
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          "word": "sittisontiainen"
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          "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
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          "word": "bousier"
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          "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
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          "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
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          "word": "escarbot"
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          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "bosteiro"
        },
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          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
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          "word": "Mistkäfer"
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          "word": "tordýfill"
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          "scarab beetle"
        ],
        [
          "Scarabaeinae",
          "Scarabaeinae#Translingual"
        ],
        [
          "rolling",
          "roll#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "dung",
          "dung"
        ],
        [
          "brooding",
          "brooding"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any of the true dung beetles of subfamily Scarabaeinae."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Scarabaeinae",
          "Scarabaeinae#Translingual"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdʌŋ biːtəl/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c1/En-au-dung_beetle.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "word": "miskruier"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bubuzhel"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "jaʕl ar-rawṯ",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "جَعْل الرَوْث"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "jiʕrān",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "جِعْرَان"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḵunfusāʔ",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "خُنْفُسَاء"
    },
    {
      "code": "syc",
      "lang": "Aramaic",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Syriac",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ܚܪܦܘܫܬܐ"
    },
    {
      "code": "xcl",
      "lang": "Old Armenian",
      "roman": "bzēz",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "word": "բզէզ"
    },
    {
      "code": "as",
      "lang": "Assamese",
      "roman": "guborua",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "word": "গুবৰুৱা"
    },
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bleiz-bouzel"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "escarabat piloter"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "word": "escarabat merder"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "english": "goeng¹ long⁴",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "word": "蜣螂"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "word": "屎殼郎"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "si² hok³ long⁴",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "word": "屎壳郎"
    },
    {
      "code": "dng",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "sɨpani͡u",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "tags": [
        "Dungan"
      ],
      "word": "сыпаню"
    },
    {
      "code": "cdo",
      "lang": "Eastern Min Chinese",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "word": "牛屎龜"
    },
    {
      "code": "cdo",
      "lang": "Eastern Min Chinese",
      "roman": "ngù-sāi-gŭi",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "word": "牛屎龟"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "khiong-lông",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "蜣螂"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ],
      "word": "屎龜"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "sái-ku",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "屎龟"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "牛屎龜"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "zh-min-nan",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "牛屎龟"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qiāngláng",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "word": "蜣螂"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "word": "屎殼郎"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shǐkélàng",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "word": "屎壳郎"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shǐkēláng",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "word": "屎蚵螂"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "word": "糞金龜"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fènjīnguī",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "word": "粪金龟"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-tws",
      "lang": "Teochew",
      "roman": "ghu⁵ sai² hug⁸",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "word": "牛屎核"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hovnivál"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chrobák"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "gødningsbille"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "møgbille"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mestkever"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "strontkever"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "word": "sterkoskarabo"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "word": "fekskarabo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "word": "sitikas"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "word": "sittiäinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "word": "sittisontiainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bousier"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "scarabée bousier"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "escarbot"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bosteiro"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Mistkäfer"
    },
    {
      "code": "gsw",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "tags": [
        "Alemannic-German",
        "Uri",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Mistguege"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "skaravaíos",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "σκαραβαίος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "kántharos",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "κάνθαρος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "búlaros",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "tags": [
        "Koine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "βύλαρος"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "khipushít zével",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "חִפּוּשִׁית זֶבֶל"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "gobrailā",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "गोबरैला"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "gubrailā",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "गुबरैला"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tordýfill"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "word": "sterko-skarabeo"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "word": "sittapöröläin"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "priompallán"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "scarabeo stercorario"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "geotrupe"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "stercorario"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ふんちゅう, funchū, くそむし, kusomushi",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "word": "糞虫"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ふんころがし",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "funkorogashi",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "word": "糞転がし"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "funkorogashi",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "word": "フンコロガシ"
    },
    {
      "code": "jv",
      "lang": "Javanese",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "word": "kutis"
    },
    {
      "code": "quc",
      "lang": "K'iche'",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "word": "tuktul achaq’"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckv",
      "lang": "Kavalan",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "word": "baReng"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "qiqoñyz",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "word": "қиқоңыз"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "kɑmpuul ac",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "word": "កំពូលអាចម៍"
    },
    {
      "code": "ki",
      "lang": "Kikuyu",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "tags": [
        "class-10",
        "class-9"
      ],
      "word": "nding'oing'o"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "malttongguri",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "word": "말똥구리"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "soettongguri",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "word": "쇠똥구리"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "sottongguri",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "word": "소똥구리"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mēslvabole"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mėšlavabalis"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "lepeškar",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "лепешкар"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "word": "chąąneiłmaasii"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gjødselbille"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gjødselbille"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tordwifel"
    },
    {
      "code": "ppl",
      "lang": "Pipil",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "word": "kwitaululujtzin"
    },
    {
      "code": "pox",
      "lang": "Polabian",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "word": "büze vål"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "escaravelho"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rola-bosta"
    },
    {
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "word": "aka suntu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "scarabeu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "navóznyj žuk",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "наво́зный жук"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "navóznik",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "наво́зник"
    },
    {
      "code": "sc",
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "iscarabeu"
    },
    {
      "code": "sc",
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "carramerda"
    },
    {
      "code": "sc",
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "carrabusu"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ceàrd-dubhan"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "говноваљ"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "балегар"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "балегара"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "govnovalj"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "balegar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "balegara"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lajniak"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "govnač"
    },
    {
      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gnojowy bruk"
    },
    {
      "code": "hsb",
      "lang": "Upper Sorbian",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hnojowy bruk"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "escarabajo pelotero"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ruedamierda"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "bladhorning"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "dyngbagge"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "tordyvel"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "cāṇi vaṇṭu",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "word": "சாணி வண்டு"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "pēḍapurugu",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "word": "పేడపురుగు"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "word": "bok böceği"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "hnojovýk",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "гнойови́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "lajnjár",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "лайня́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "lajnják",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "лайня́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "word": "bọ hung"
    },
    {
      "code": "xh",
      "lang": "Xhosa",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "word": "uqongqothwane class 1a/2a"
    },
    {
      "code": "xh",
      "lang": "Xhosa",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "tags": [
        "class-10",
        "class-9"
      ],
      "word": "inkubabulongwe"
    },
    {
      "code": "za",
      "lang": "Zhuang",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "word": "mbongjmbwt"
    },
    {
      "code": "zu",
      "lang": "Zulu",
      "sense": "insect of the family Scarabaeidae",
      "tags": [
        "class-10",
        "class-9"
      ],
      "word": "inkuba"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dung beetle"
}
{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": gû-sái-ku vs. zh-min-nan",
  "path": [
    "dung beetle"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "dung beetle",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1089",
  "msg": "suspicious unhandled suffix in Xhosa: 'uqongqothwane class 1a/2a', originally 'uqongqothwane class 1a/2a'",
  "path": [
    "dung beetle"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "dung beetle",
  "trace": ""
}

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