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Carrion Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Carrion? [n] the dead and rotting body of an animal [n] dead and rotting flesh; unfit for human food Synonyms \| Synonyms for Carrion: Related Terms \| Find terms related to Carrion: ashes \| bilge \| bilgewater \| body \| bones \| cadaver \| carcass \| caries \| clay \| corpse \| corpus delicti \| corruption \| crowbait \| dandruff \| dead body \| dead man \| dead person \| decay \| decedent \| decomposition \| dishwater \| ditchwater \| dry bones \| dry rot \| dust \| earth \| embalmed corpse \| excrement \| filth \| food for worms \| foul matter \| foulness \| furfur \| gangrene \| garbage \| late lamented \| mess \| mortal remains \| mortification \| muck \| mucus \| mummification \| mummy \| necrosis \| obscenity \| offal \| offscourings \| ordure \| organic remains \| pus \| putrefaction \| putrescence \| putrid matter \| putridity \| putridness \| rancidity \| rancidness \| rankness \| refuse \| relics \| reliquiae \| remains \| riffraff \| rot \| rottenness \| scum \| scurf \| scuz \| sewage \| sewerage \| skeleton \| slime \| slop \| slops \| slough \| smut \| sphacelation \| sphacelus \| spoilage \| stiff \| swill \| tenement of clay \| the dead \| the deceased \| the defunct \| the departed \| the loved one \| tooth decay See Also \| body \| dead body \| raw meat Carrion In Webster's Dictionary \Car"rion\, n. [OE. caroyne, OF. caroigne, F. charogne, LL. caronia, fr. L. caro flesh Cf. {Crone}, {Crony}.] 1. The dead and putrefying body or flesh of an animal; flesh so corrupted as to be unfit for food. They did eat the dead carrions. --Spenser. 2. A contemptible or worthless person; -- a term of reproach. [Obs.] ``Old feeble carrions.'' --Shak. \Car"rion\, a. Of or pertaining to dead and putrefying carcasses; feeding on carrion. A prey for carrion kites. --Shak. {Carrion beetle} (Zo["o]l.), 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} (Zo["o]l.), 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.

Carrion Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Carrion?

[n] the dead and rotting body of an animal
[n] dead and rotting flesh; unfit for human food

Synonyms | Synonyms for Carrion:

See Also | body | dead body | raw meat

Carrion In Webster's Dictionary

\Car"ri*on\, n. [OE. caroyne, OF. caroigne, F. charogne,
LL. caronia, fr. L. caro flesh Cf. {Crone}, {Crony}.]
1. The dead and putrefying body or flesh of an animal; flesh
   so corrupted as to be unfit for food.

         They did eat the dead carrions.       --Spenser.

2. A contemptible or worthless person; -- a term of reproach.
   [Obs.] ``Old feeble carrions.'' --Shak.


\Car"ri*on\, a.
Of or pertaining to dead and putrefying carcasses; feeding on
carrion.

      A prey for carrion kites.                --Shak.

{Carrion beetle} (Zo["o]l.), 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} (Zo["o]l.), 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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