dustbathe

English

American bison dustbathing

Etymology

From dust +‎ bathe.

Verb

dustbathe (third-person singular simple present dustbathes, present participle dustbathing, simple past and past participle dustbathed)

1. (of certain birds and mammals) To take a dust bath; to clean one's body, especially, of parasites and excess hair oil, by rolling in sand or dust.

Synonyms

• sandbathe

Translations

to take a dust bath

• Finnish: pehertää, kylpeä hiekassa, ottaa hiekkakylpy

dust bath of birds

• Khiamniungan Naga: vēulàuh

Further reading

• Category:Dustbathing animals on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• butt heads, buttheads, head butts, head-butts, headbutts