Burying-beetle
any of various carrion beetles that bury the carcasses of small animals, especially rodents, in which their eggs have been deposited.
Historical Examples
The Forgotten Planet Murray Leinster
The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles Jean Henri Fabre
The Red Dust Murray Leinster
The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles Jean Henri Fabre
Harper’s Young People, June 28, 1881 Various
noun
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 Also called sexton
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