'Necrophagan' definitions:

Definition of 'Necrophagan'

From: GCIDE

Necrophagan \Ne*croph"a*gan\, a. [See Necrophagous.] (Zool.) Eating carrion. -- n. (Zool.) Any species of a tribe (Necrophaga) of beetles which, in the larval state, feed on carrion; a burying beetle. [1913 Webster]