Definition of "dor" [dor]

• A large European dung beetle, Geotrupes stercorarius, that makes a droning noise while flying. (noun)
• General term for flying insect which makes a loud humming noise, such as the June bug or a bumblebee. (noun)

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• "But she heard a disagreeable buzzing, as if a great many huge flies, or gigantic mosquitoes, or those insects which we call dor-bugs and pinching-dogs, were darting about."
• "But she heard a disagreeable buzzing, as if a great many huge flies, or gigantic mosquitoes, or those insects which we call dor bugs, and pinching dogs, were darting about."
• "Absence of menstrual blood created a legal category called dor katei, which was considered a generation cut off (dor katua) because it indicated infertility."