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burying beetles

burying beetles is the plural of burying beetle.

Meaning of burying beetle

Noun

burying beetle (plural burying beetles)

  1. A sexton beetle; a necrophore.

Questions about burying beetles

What is burying beetles the plural of?
Burying beetles is the plural of burying beetle.

Words near burying beetles in the dictionary

  1. Buryats
  2. burye
  3. buryin'
  4. burying
  5. burying beetle
  6. burying beetles
  7. burying ground
  8. burying grounds
  9. burying one's head in the sand
  10. burying the hatchet
  11. burying the lede

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