burying beetle

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burying beetle

• 1. N a beetle of the genus Necrophorous, which buries the dead bodies of small animals by excavating beneath them, using the corpses as food for themselves and their larvae: family Silphidae 葬甲科屍蟲(chóng)屬甲蟲(chóng) (Also called sexton)

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