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coprocole (verb), coprocoles; coprocoled; coprocoling: dung
Organisms and insects that are living in or on dung: "As soon as manure is ejected from animals (cows, horses, etc.), there are flies that coprocole their eggs so their young can hatch there and become mature enough to fly to other places."
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-cola, -colas; -cole; -colent; -colid; -coline; -colous
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dung, dunging
1. The excrement of animals; manure.
2. Something foul or abhorrent.
3. To fertilize (land) with manure.
4. A reference to the defecation of animals.
2. Something foul or abhorrent.
3. To fertilize (land) with manure.
4. A reference to the defecation of animals.
All dung beetles are scarabs, but not all scarabs are dung beetles; for example, the protea beetle (Trichostetha fascicularis) gathers nectar from various species of proteas.
Protea consist of a tropical African shrub of the genus Protea having alternate rigid leaves and dense colorful flower heads resembling cones. Also described as an evergreen bush or tree, grown for its colorful bracts and dense flower heads. Native to southern Africa.
fimicole (verb), fimicoles; fimicoled; fimicoling: dung
Growing in or on piles of dung.
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-cola, -colas; -cole; -colent; -colid; -coline; -colous
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merdicole (verb), merdicoles; merdicoled; merdicoling: dung
Living on or in dung.
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-cola, -colas; -cole; -colent; -colid; -coline; -colous
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stercoricole (verb), stercoricoles; stercoricoled; stercoricoling: dung
Living in or on dung or excrement; such as, insects or certain plants.
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-cola, -colas; -cole; -colent; -colid; -coline; -colous
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stercor-, sterco-, sterc- +
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“dung”
(Greek: feces, dung, excrement; filth, dirt)
(Latin: excrement, dung; from faeces, plural of faex, "dregs, sediment")
(Greek: dung, feces, excrement, offal, fecal matter, manure, ordure)
(Latin: stercus, stercoris; dung, excrement, manure; feces, fecal)
(Animal health and dung beetle health: they are both vital)
(without dung beetles, the earth would be one big sphere of dung)
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Dung Beetle Survival Is Essential
Animal health and dung beetle health: they are both vital unit.
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Dung Beetles Important to Pasture Ecosystems
Without dung beetles, the earth would be a ball of dung unit.
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