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Webster 1913 Edition

Necrophore

Nec′ro-phore

,

Noun.

[Gr.

νεκρόσ

a dead body +

φέρειν

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

.