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dumbledore

 
Dictionary: Dum·ble·dor

n.

[The first part is prob. of imitative origin. See Dor a beetle.]
(Zoöl.) A bumblebee; also, a cockchafer. [Prov. Eng.]


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1) Brit.  the bumblebee; "the most good-natured of God's Insects" -Southey
2) Brit dial.  the dung-beetle
 
 
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