Meaning Of The Word Burying beetle

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burying beetle in American English
noun: any of various carrion beetles that bury the carcasses of small animals, esp. rodents, in which their eggs have been deposited

burying beetle in British English
noun: a beetle of the genus Necrophorous, which buries the dead bodies of small animals by excavating beneath them, using the corpses as food for themselves and their larvae: family Silphidae

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