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

Nec"ro*phore (?), n. [Gr. a dead body + to bear.] Zool.

Any one of numerous species of beetles of the genus Necrophorus and allied genera; -- called also burying beetle, carrion beetle, sexton beetle.

 

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