"sexton beetle" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sexton beetles [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} sexton beetle (plural sexton beetles)
  1. A necrophore. Wikipedia link: Sexton beetle Categories (lifeform): Staphylinoid beetles Translations (A necrophore): Aaskäfer [masculine] (German), моги́льщик (mogílʹščik) [masculine] (Russian), жук-моги́льщик (žuk-mogílʹščik) [masculine] (Russian)

Inflected forms

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