ALL meanings of burying beetle
burying beetle
B b - noun burying beetle 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 3
- noun burying beetle any of various carrion beetles that bury the carcasses of small animals, especially rodents, in which their eggs have been deposited. 1
- noun burying beetle sexton beetle; necrophore. 0