necrophore

From necro- +‎ -phore.

necrophore (plural necrophores)

1. Any of various beetles, especially of the genus Nicrophorus, that bury the carcasses of small vertebrates (such as birds and rodents) as a food source for their larvae.

• burying beetle
• carrion beetle
• sexton beetle

• necrophoresis
• necrophoretic
• necrophoric

• “necrophore”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.