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Ne*croph"a*gan (?), a. [See
Necrophagous.] (Zoöl.) Eating carrion.
-- n. (Zoöl.) Any species of a
tribe (Necrophaga) of beetles which, in the larval state, feed
on carrion; a burying beetle.

Ne*croph"a*gous (?), a. [Gr. &?; eating
corpses; &?; a dead body + &?; to eat: cf. F.
nécrophage.] (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining
to the Necrophaga; eating carrion. See
Necrophagan.

Nec`ro*pho"bi*a (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr.
&?; a dead body + &?; to fear.] An exaggerated fear of death or
horror of dead bodies.

Nec"ro*phore (?), n. [Gr. &?; a dead
body + &?; to bear.] (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous
species of beetles of the genus Necrophorus and allied genera;
-- called also burying beetle, carrion beetle,
sexton beetle.

Ne*crop"o*lis (?), n.; pl.
Necropolises (#).


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