English-Thai Dictionary
dor
N แมลง เต่าทอง มีชื่อ ละติน คือ Geotrupes stercorarius dorbeetle ma-laeng-tao-tong-me-chue-la-tin-kue
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
DOR
Dor, n. Etym: [Cf. AS. dora drone, locust, D. tor beetle, L. taurus a kind of beetle. Cf. Dormouse. ] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A large European scaraboid beetle (Geotrupes stercorarius ), which makes a droning noise while flying. The name is also applied to allied American species, as the June bug. Called also dorr, dorbeetle, or dorrbeetle, dorbug, dorrfly, and buzzard clock.
DOR
Dor, n. Etym: [Cf. Dor a beetle, and Hum, Humbug. ]
Defn: A trick, joke, or deception. Beau. & Fl. To give one the dor, to make a fool of him. [Archaic ] P. Fletcher.
DOR
DOR Dor, v. t.
Defn: To make a fool of; to deceive. [Obs. ] [Written also dorr. ] B. Jonson.
New American Oxford Dictionary
dor
dor |dôr dɔr |(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. ] ORIGIN Old English (denoting a bee or buzzing fly ), probably imitative.
Oxford Dictionary
dor
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.
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