Necrophagan

(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:23:37

Ne*croph"a*gan (?), a. [See Necrophagous.] Zool.

Eating carrion.

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n. Zool.

Any species of a tribe (Necrophaga) of beetles which, in the larval state, feed on carrion; a burying beetle.

 

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