About The Word Carrion
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Carrion
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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"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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