carrion

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Noun 1.1.1 Quotations 1.1.2 Translations 1.1.3 Related terms 1.2 Adjective

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[edit] Noun

carrion

1. (uncountable) Dead flesh; carcasses.

   Vultures feed on carrion.

[edit] Quotations

• 1922, Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room, Vintage Classics, paperback edition, page 119

  Perhaps the Purple Emperor is feasting, as Morris says, upon a mass of putrid carrion at the base of an oak tree.

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[edit] Related terms

• carrion beetle
• carrion crow

[edit] Adjective

carrion

1. Of or pertaining to carrion.