Definition of carrion

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Carrion (n.) The dead and putrefying body or flesh of an animal; flesh so corrupted as to be unfit for food.

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Offal :: Offal (n.) A dead body; carrion.
Hyena :: Hyena (n.) Any carnivorous mammal of the family Hyaenidae, of which three living species are known. They are large and strong, but cowardly. They feed chiefly on carrion, and are nocturnal in their habits..
Scavenger :: Scavenger (v.) A person whose employment is to clean the streets of a city, by scraping or sweeping, and carrying off the filth. The name is also applied to any animal which devours refuse, carrion, or anything injurious to health..
Caracara :: Caracara (n.) A south American bird of several species and genera, resembling both the eagles and the vultures. The caracaras act as scavengers, and are also called carrion buzzards..
Necrophore :: Necrophore (n.) Any one of numerous species of beetles of the genus Necrophorus and allied genera; -- called also burying beetle, carrion beetle, sexton beetle..
Carrion :: Carrion (a.) Of or pertaining to dead and putrefying carcasses; feeding on carrion.
Doupe :: Doupe (n.) The carrion crow.
Lammergeier :: Lammergeier (n.) A very large vulture (Gypaetus barbatus), which inhabits the mountains of Southern Europe, Asia, and Northern Africa. When full-grown it is nine or ten feet in extent of wings. It is brownish black above, with the under parts and neck rusty yellow; the forehead and crown white; the sides of the head and beard black. It feeds partly on carrion and partly on small animals, which it kills. It has the habit of carrying tortoises and marrow bones to a great height, and dropping them
Jackal :: "Jackal (n.) Any one of several species of carnivorous animals inhabiting Africa and Asia, related to the dog and wolf. They are cowardly, nocturnal, and gregarious. They feed largely on carrion, and are noted for their piercing and dismal howling..
Gorcrow :: Gorcrow (n.) The carrion crow; -- called also gercrow.
Bran :: Bran (n.) The European carrion crow.
Caroigne :: Caroigne (n.) Dead body; carrion.
Ket :: Ket (n.) Carrion; any filth.
Saprophagan :: Saprophagan (n.) One of a tribe of beetles which feed upon decaying animal and vegetable substances; a carrion beetle.
Saprophagous :: Saprophagous (a.) Feeding on carrion.
Stinkhorn :: Stinker (n.) Any one of the several species of large antarctic petrels which feed on blubber and carrion and have an offensive odor, as the giant fulmar..
Necrophagous :: Necrophagous (a.) Of or pertaining to the Necrophaga; eating carrion. See Necrophagan.
Carrion :: Carrion (n.) The dead and putrefying body or flesh of an animal; flesh so corrupted as to be unfit for food.
Necrophagan :: Necrophagan (n.) Any species of a tribe (Necrophaga) of beetles which, in the larval state, feed on carrion; a burying beetle..
Necrophagan :: Necrophagan (a.) Eating carrion.
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