Carrion Definition

kărē-ən
noun
The decaying flesh of a dead body, esp. when regarded as food for scavenging animals.
Webster's New World
Anything very disgusting or repulsive.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
adjective
Of or like carrion.
Webster's New World
Of or similar to dead and decaying flesh.
American Heritage Medicine
Feeding on carrion.
Webster's New World

Origin of Carrion

  • Middle English careine from Anglo-Norman from Vulgar Latin carōnia from Latin carō flesh sker-1 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Old French caroigne, from Latin caro (“flesh”).

    From Wiktionary

Carrion Sentence Examples

  • It feeds chiefly on fruit and roots, but kills sheep, goats, deer, ponies and cattle, and sometimes devours carrion.

  • Eagles will usually hunt and kill live animals, but will often eat carrion such as dead hares and sheep.

  • Peccaries are omnivorous, living on roots, fallen fruits, worms and carrion, and often inflict great devastation upon crops.

  • It has a habit of egg stealing - tho any animal food - including carrion - is taken.

  • These creatures feed chiefly on carrion, and thus perform useful service by devouring remains which might otherwise pollute the air.

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