burying beetle love

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Any of various black or black and orange beetles of the genus Nicrophorus that bury dead mice and other small animals on which they feed and lay their eggs.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The common name of beetles of the family Silphidæ and genus Necrophorus.

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