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carcass
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car·cass  (kärks)
n.
1. The dead body of an animal, especially one slaughtered for food.
2. The body of a human.
3. Remains from which the substance or character is gone: the carcass of a once glorious empire.
4. A framework or basic structure: the carcass of a burned-out building.

[Middle English carcas, from Anglo-Norman carcais and Medieval Latin carcasium.]

carcass or carcase
Noun
1. the dead body of an animal
2. Informal a person's body: ask that person to move his carcass [Old French carcasse]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.carcasscarcass - the dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food
dead body, body - a natural object consisting of a dead animal or person; "they found the body in the lake"

carcass
noun 1. body, remains, corpse, skeleton, dead body, cadaver Medical
noun 2. remains, shell, framework, debris, remnants, hulk
Translations
carcass [ˈkɑːkəs] n [of animal] → res f muerta (= dead body); cadáver m

carcass [ˈkɑːkəs] ncarcasse f

carcass [ˈkɑːkəs] nKadaver m

carcass [ˈkɑːkəs] ncarcassa

carcass
n carcass [ˈkaːkəs]
a dead body, usually animal, not human The carcasses of various animals hung in the butcher's shop. karkas جيفَـه животински труп poražené zvíře ådsel; kadaver der Kadaver κουφάρι res abierta en canal korjus لاشه؛ مردار حیوان carcasse גְוִויָה जानवर का कंकाल truplo, kostur tetem bangkai, daging skrokkur; hræ carcassa (動物の)死体、屠殺体 (짐승의) 시체 skerdena kautķermenis daging karkas kadaver, åtsel, skrott tusza carcassa carcasă туша zabité zviera (na bitúnku), telo zabitého zvieraťa, zdochlina kadaver lešina kadaver, djurkropp โครง(สัตว์) gövde; leş 動物的尸体 туша مردہ جانوروں کا ڈھانچہ xác súc vật


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