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Necrophagan
Ne-croph′a-gan
,Adj.
[See
Necrophagous
.] (Zool.)
Eating carrion.
– Noun.
(Zool.)
Any species of a tribe (
Necrophaga
) of beetles which, in the larval state, feed on carrion; a burying beetle.