'Tumbledung' definitions:

Definition of 'Tumbledung'

From: GCIDE
  • Tumbledung \Tum"ble*dung`\, n. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of scaraboid beetles belonging to Scarabaeus, Copris, Phanaeus, and allied genera. The female lays her eggs in a globular mass of dung which she rolls by means of her hind legs to a burrow excavated in the earth in which she buries it. [1913 Webster]