tumblebug in English

noun
1
a dung beetle that rolls balls of dung along the ground.
I had always been deceived when I attempted to judge the weight of the tumblebug by his size.

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1. A tumblebug came next, heaving sturdily at its ball, and Tom touched the creature, to see it shut its legs against its body and pretend to be dead.