dor (2), dorr (2)

[From the noise made by the insect.] Entomology: 1. A species of Beetle, Geotrupes stercorarius , belonging to the family Geotrupide, or Earth-borers. It is of a glo y violet, black, or deep greenish black. The club of the antenne is yellowish, the elstra smooth, but slightly stated out in the often be seen flying summer evenings. Its size and weight render it very unwieldy on the wing, so that it has but little power of guiding itself, and apparently none of checking its course quickly, for it strikes against all kinds of objects, but without suffering any damage. The female lays its eggs in patches of cowdung. It is about an inch long. It is also called Doror Dorr-beetle, Dor-fly, and Buzzard-fly. "The dor or beetle, which you may find under cowdung."- Walton : Angler , pt. i., ch. iii. 2. The Cock-chafer (q. v.). dor-beetle, dorr-beetle, s . [DOR (2), s ., 1.] dor-fly, s . [DOR (2), 8., 1.]