† necrophagann.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Necrophaga , -an suffix.

Etymology: < scientific Latin Necrophaga (W. S. Macleay Annulosa Javanica (1825) 37; < Hellenistic Greek νεκροϕάγος : see necrophagous adj.) + -an suffix. Compare earlier necrophagous adj.

Entomology. Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

In the terminology of W. S. Macleay: a member of a family comprising all beetles that feed on dead animal matter (most of which are now included in the family Silphidae).

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Polyphaga (omnivorous) > superfamily Staphylinoidea > family Silphidae > member of (burying beetle)

burying-beetle1803

carrion-beetle1815

necrophagan1842

scavenger-beetle1854

'burying-sylph-

1842 W. T. Brande Dict. Sci., Lit. & Art 818/2 Necrophagans, Necrophaga, the name of a family of Clavicorn beetles, comprehending those which feed on dead and decomposing animal substances.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	necrophagan
释义	† necrophagann. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Necrophaga , -an suffix. Etymology: < scientific Latin Necrophaga (W. S. Macleay Annulosa Javanica (1825) 37; < Hellenistic Greek νεκροϕάγος : see necrophagous adj.) + -an suffix. Compare earlier necrophagous adj. Entomology. Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. In the terminology of W. S. Macleay: a member of a family comprising all beetles that feed on dead animal matter (most of which are now included in the family Silphidae). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Polyphaga (omnivorous) > superfamily Staphylinoidea > family Silphidae > member of (burying beetle) burying-beetle1803 carrion-beetle1815 necrophagan1842 scavenger-beetle1854 'burying-sylph- 1842 W. T. Brande Dict. Sci., Lit. & Art 818/2 Necrophagans, Necrophaga, the name of a family of Clavicorn beetles, comprehending those which feed on dead and decomposing animal substances. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1842
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