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necrophorous

necrophorous adjective: carrying away and burying dead bodies, like the beetles of the genus Necrophorus.

Adjective

necrophorous (not comparable)

  1. Carrying 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

Questions about necrophorous

What does necrophorous mean?
Necrophorous means carrying away and burying dead bodies, like the beetles of the genus Necrophorus.
What part of speech is necrophorous?
Necrophorous is an adjective.

Words near necrophorous in the dictionary

  1. necrophores
  2. necrophoreses
  3. necrophoresis
  4. necrophoretic
  5. necrophoric
  6. necrophorous
  7. necrophylactic
  8. necrophyte
  9. necrophytes
  10. necrophytic
  11. necroplanetology

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