Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A necrophagous beetle of the family Silphidæ; a sexton-or burying-beetle; a carrion-beetle; a grave-digger. See cuts under Silpha, burying-beetle, and sexton-beetle.
- Of or pertaining to the family Silphidæ.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any carrion beetle of the family
Silphidae
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