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Eating carrion.

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  1. a. Eating carrion.
  2. n. Any species of a tribe (Necrophaga) of beetles which, in the larval state, feed on carrion; a burying beetle.
  3. Eating carrion. -- n. (Zoöl.) Any species of a tribe (Necrophaga) of beetles which, in the larval state, feed on carrion; a burying beetle.
  4. Eating carrion.-- n. (Zoöl.)