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

Noun

dead and rotting flesh [Latin caro 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] n → carroña

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carrion [ˈkærɪən] n → charogne f

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carrion [ˈkærɪən] n → Aas nt

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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 죽은 동물의 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