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Meaning of necrophorous | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

Carrying away and burying dead bodies, like the beetles of the genus Necrophorus.

not-comparable

Examples

“A thorough examination of the existing literature revealed that only a very few anecdotal publications exist on necrophorous feeding habits of termites.”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

necrophylactic necrophytic necropolitan necropolitic necropolitical necroptotic