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<div>[[Image:Dumbledors.jpg|thumb|''He battled with the Dumbledores'' by Richard Svensson]]<br />
'''Dumbledors''' were a legendary "''ferocious race of winged insects''",<ref>[[David Day]], ''[[A Tolkien Bestiary]]''</ref> mentioned only in [[Hobbits|Hobbit]] verse (and in The adventure of Tom Bombardil). The dumbledors were said to have battled a knight on a quest.<ref>{{AB|Errantry}}</ref><br />
==Etymology==<br />
''Dumbledor'' or ''dumbledore'' is an obsolete English word for [[Wikipedia:Bumblebee|bumblebee]].<br />
==Portrayal in adaptations==<br />
''[[Middle-earth Role Playing]]'':'''<br />
:Dumbledors are described as being large winged insects weighing 6-8 pounds, carrying illness or poison, and to live in the [[Midgewater Marshes]].<ref>{{ICE|2023}}</ref><ref>{{ICE|2000}}</ref><ref>{{ICE|8108}}</ref><br />
==See also==<br />
*[[Hummerhorns]]<br />
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