"carrion beetle" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: carrion beetles [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} carrion beetle (plural carrion beetles)
  1. sexton beetle; necrophore Translations (necrophore): turkkilo (Finnish), Aaskäfer [masculine] (German), temetőbogár (Hungarian), grabarz [animate, masculine] (Polish), моги́льщик (mogílʹščik) [masculine] (Russian), жук-моги́льщик (žuk-mogílʹščik) [masculine] (Russian)

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