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Webster 1913 Edition


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.

Definition 2024


necrophagan

necrophagan

English

Noun

necrophagan (plural necrophagans)

  1. (zoology) Any of the tribe Necrophaga of beetles whose larvae feed on carrion.