1. A large european dung beetle, Geotrupes stercorarius, that makes a droning noise while flying.
2. general term for flying insect which makes a loud humming noise, such as the june bug or a bumblebee.

1. A large european scaraboid beetle (Geotrupes stercorarius), which makes a droning noise while flying. the name is also applied to allied american species, as the june bug. called also dorr, dorbeetle, or dorrbeetle, dorbug, dorrfly, and buzzard clock.
2. A trick, joke, or deception.
3. to make a fool of; to deceive.

1. to hoax; humbug; make a fool of; perplex.
2. Alamellicorn beetle of the family Scarabæidæ, a species of dung-beetle, Geotrypes stercorarius.
3. A drone (bee).
4. the cockchafer, Melolontha vulgaris.
5. also dor-beetle.
6. one of several ground-beetles, species of the family Carabidæ and genus Harpalus. more fully called black dor.
7. A trick; a practical joke.
8. A practical joker.
9. A fool.
10. in the nomenclature of the spicular elements of sponges, a monaxial lance-shaped or curved rod, one end of which is sharply pointed while the other has a two- or three-edged blade.
11. an abbreviation of doric.