Necrophagan

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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