a clavicorn beetle, which excavates the ground beneath the dead bodies of mice, moles, and other small quadrupeds, so as to bury them as a nidus for…
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| 释义 | the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Polyphaga (omnivorous) > superfamily Staphylinoidea > family Silphidae > member of (burying beetle) (5) burying-beetle1803 a clavicorn beetle, which excavates the ground beneath the dead bodies of mice, moles, and other small quadrupeds, so as to bury them as a nidus for… carrion-beetle1815 any beetle of the family Silphidæ, which feed on carrion. necrophagan1842 In the terminology of W. S. Macleay: a member of a family comprising all beetles that feed on dead animal matter (most of which are now included in… scavenger-beetle1854 a necrophagous beetle, especially one of the family Scaphidiidæ. 'burying-sylph- = burying-beetle n. |
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