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carrion

10 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. carrion
  2. carrion beetle
  3. carrion buzzard
  4. carrion crow
  5. carrion flower
  6. carrion fly
  7. carrion fungus
  8. carrion hawk
  9. carrion poisoning
  10. spinach carrion beetle

car·ri·on

noun \ˈker-ē-ən, ˈka-rē-\

: the flesh of dead animals

Full Definition of CARRION

:  dead and putrefying flesh; also :  flesh unfit for food
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Examples of CARRION

  1. Vultures live chiefly on carrion.

Origin of CARRION

Middle English caroine, from Anglo-French caroine, charoine, from Vulgar Latin *caronia, irregular from Latin carn-, caro flesh — more at carnal
First Known Use: 14th century

Rhymes with CARRION

Arian, Aryan, clarion

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