carrion
carrion definition
car·rion (kar′ē ən)
noun
- the decaying flesh of a dead body, esp. when regarded as food for scavenging animals
- anything very disgusting or repulsive
Etymology: ME carioun < Anglo-Fr carogne < VL *caronia, carcass < L caro: see harvest
adjective
- of or like carrion
- feeding on carrion
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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