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carrion definition

car·rion (kar′ē ən)

noun

  1. the decaying flesh of a dead body, esp. when regarded as food for scavenging animals
  2. anything very disgusting or repulsive

Etymology: ME carioun < Anglo-Fr carogne < VL *caronia, carcass < L caro: see harvest

adjective

  1. of or like carrion
  2. feeding on carrion

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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