necrophorous

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adjective

Carrying away and burying dead bodies, like the beetles of the genus Necrophorus.

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Meanings

adjectivenecrophorous (not comparable)
  1. not comparablebiologyCarrying away and burying dead bodies, like the beetles of the genus Necrophorus.

    A thorough examination of the existing literature revealed that only a very few anecdotal publications exist on necrophorous feeding habits of termites.

    2007, BP Freymann, “Termites of the genus Odontotermes are optionally keratophagous”, in Ecotropica, volume 13, page 143
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