Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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