 4 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
carrion
noun
1: dead and rotting flesh; unfit for human food
2: the dead and rotting body of an animal
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Carrion \Car"ri*on\, noun [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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Carrion \Car"ri*on\, adjective
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.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
88 Moby Thesaurus words for "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
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