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Sexton beetle
(gcide) | Sexton \Sex"ton\, n. [OE. sextein, contr. fr. sacristan.]
An under officer of a church, whose business is to take care
of the church building and the vessels, vestments, etc.,
belonging to the church, to attend on the officiating
clergyman, and to perform other duties pertaining to the
church, such as to dig graves, ring the bell, etc.
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Sexton beetle (Zool.), a burying beetle.
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sexton beetle
(gcide) | Necrophore \Nec"ro*phore\, n. [Gr. nekro`s a dead body + fe`rein
to bear.] (Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of beetles of the genus
Necrophorus and allied genera; -- called also {burying
beetle}, carrion beetle, sexton beetle.
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sexton beetle
(gcide) | Carrion \Car"ri*on\, a.
Of or pertaining to dead and putrefying carcasses; feeding on
carrion.
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A prey for carrion kites. --Shak.
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Carrion beetle (Zool.), any beetle that feeds habitually on
dead animals; -- also called sexton beetle and {burying
beetle}. There are many kinds, belonging mostly to the
family Silphid[ae].
Carrion buzzard (Zool.), a South American bird of several
species and genera (as Ibycter, Milvago, and
Polyborus), which act as scavengers. See Caracara.
Carrion crow, the common European crow (Corvus corone)
which feeds on carrion, insects, fruits, and seeds.
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Sexton beetle
(gcide) | Sexton \Sex"ton\, n. [OE. sextein, contr. fr. sacristan.]
An under officer of a church, whose business is to take care
of the church building and the vessels, vestments, etc.,
belonging to the church, to attend on the officiating
clergyman, and to perform other duties pertaining to the
church, such as to dig graves, ring the bell, etc.
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Sexton beetle (Zool.), a burying beetle.
[1913 Webster]Necrophore \Nec"ro*phore\, n. [Gr. nekro`s a dead body + fe`rein
to bear.] (Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of beetles of the genus
Necrophorus and allied genera; -- called also {burying
beetle}, carrion beetle, sexton beetle.
[1913 Webster]Carrion \Car"ri*on\, a.
Of or pertaining to dead and putrefying carcasses; feeding on
carrion.
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A prey for carrion kites. --Shak.
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Carrion beetle (Zool.), any beetle that feeds habitually on
dead animals; -- also called sexton beetle and {burying
beetle}. There are many kinds, belonging mostly to the
family Silphid[ae].
Carrion buzzard (Zool.), a South American bird of several
species and genera (as Ibycter, Milvago, and
Polyborus), which act as scavengers. See Caracara.
Carrion crow, the common European crow (Corvus corone)
which feeds on carrion, insects, fruits, and seeds.
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