'Burying beetle' definitions:

Definition of 'Burying beetle'

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  • Bury \Bur"y\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Buried; p. pr. & vb. n. Burying.] [OE. burien, birien, berien, AS. byrgan; akin to beorgan to protect, OHG. bergan, G. bergen, Icel. bjarga, Sw. berga, Dan. bierge, Goth. ba['i]rgan. [root]95. Cf. Burrow.]
  • 1. To cover out of sight, either by heaping something over, or by placing within something, as earth, etc.; to conceal by covering; to hide; as, to bury coals in ashes; to bury the face in the hands. [1913 Webster]
  • And all their confidence Under the weight of mountains buried deep. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Specifically: To cover out of sight, as the body of a deceased person, in a grave, a tomb, or the ocean; to deposit (a corpse) in its resting place, with funeral ceremonies; to inter; to inhume. [1913 Webster]
  • Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. --Matt. viii. 21. [1913 Webster]
  • I'll bury thee in a triumphant grave. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To hide in oblivion; to put away finally; to abandon; as, to bury strife. [1913 Webster]
  • Give me a bowl of wine In this I bury all unkindness, Cassius. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Burying beetle (Zool.), the general name of many species of beetles, of the tribe Necrophaga; the sexton beetle; -- so called from their habit of burying small dead animals by digging away the earth beneath them. The larv[ae] feed upon decaying flesh, and are useful scavengers.
  • To bury the hatchet, to lay aside the instruments of war, and make peace; -- a phrase used in allusion to the custom observed by the North American Indians, of burying a tomahawk when they conclude a peace. [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: To intomb; inter; inhume; inurn; hide; cover; conceal; overwhelm; repress. [1913 Webster] Burying ground

Definition of 'burying beetle'

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  • Necrophore \Nec"ro*phore\, n. [Gr. nekro`s a dead body + fe`rein to bear.] (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of beetles of the genus Necrophorus and allied genera; -- called also {burying beetle}, carrion beetle, sexton beetle. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'burying beetle'

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  • Carrion \Car"ri*on\, a. Of or pertaining to dead and putrefying carcasses; feeding on carrion. [1913 Webster]
  • A prey for carrion kites. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Carrion beetle (Zool.), any beetle that feeds habitually on dead animals; -- also called sexton beetle and {burying beetle}. There are many kinds, belonging mostly to the family Silphid[ae].
  • Carrion buzzard (Zool.), a South American bird of several species and genera (as Ibycter, Milvago, and Polyborus), which act as scavengers. See Caracara.
  • Carrion crow, the common European crow (Corvus corone) which feeds on carrion, insects, fruits, and seeds. [1913 Webster]