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dor(2) (iou)



dor noun1. Also dorr. OE.
[Prob. imit. Cf. Middle Low German dorte drone.]
Any of various kinds of bee or buzzing fly. Also dor-bee, dor-fly, etc. OE-L17.
More fully dor-beetle. Any of various coleopterous insects that make a buzzing sound, esp. a dung-beetle of the genus Geotrupes. LME.
Comb.: dor-bee: see sense 1 above; dor-beetle: see sense 2 above; dor-bug US any insect that makes a buzzing sound; dor-fly: see sense 1 above; dor-hawk the nightjar.