Necrophorus

noun

Ne·​croph·​o·​rus

nə̇ˈkräf(ə)rəs,

(ˈ)ne¦k-

: a genus of large burying beetles

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Greek nekrophoros burying the dead, from nekr- necr- + -phoros bearing, burying (from pherein to bear, carry to burial)

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