'Carrion beetle' definitions:
Definition of 'Carrion 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]
Definition of 'carrion beetle'
From: GCIDE
- 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]