carrion

car·ri·on  (kr-n)

n.

Dead and decaying flesh.

adj.

1. Of or similar to dead and decaying flesh.

2. Feeding on such flesh.

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[Middle English careine, from Anglo-Norman, from Vulgar Latin *carnia, from Latin car, flesh; see sker-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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carrion [ˈkærɪən]

n

1. dead and rotting flesh

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) (modifier) eating carrion carrion beetles

3. something rotten or repulsive

[from Anglo-French caroine, ultimately from Latin carō flesh]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

carrion - the dead and rotting body of an animal; unfit for human food dead body, body - a natural object consisting of a dead animal or person; "they found the body in the lake"

Translations

carrion [ˈkærɪən]

A. N → carroña f

B. CPD carrion crow N → corneja f negra

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carrion [ˈkærɪən] n → charogne f

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carrion

n → Aas nt

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carrion [ˈkærɪən] n → carogna

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carrion [ˈkærɪən] n → carogna

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carrion

n carrion [ˈkӕriən]

dead animal flesh, eaten by other animals Vultures feed on carrion. aas جِيفَـه мърша zdechlina, mršina ådsel das Aas ψοφίμι carroña raibe لاشه؛ مردار haaska charogne נְבֵלָה सड़ा हुआ मास strvina, otpaci dög bangkai hræ carogna 腐肉 (짐승의) 썩은 고기 dvėsena, maita maita bangkai aas åtsel padlina carniça (carne de) stârv падаль zdochlina mrhovina strvina kadaver, as เนื้อที่เน่าเปื่อย leş (動物屍體的)腐肉 падло; мертвечина مردار جانور کا گوشت xác chết đã thối （动物尸体的）腐肉