Thesaurus results for CARRION

carrion

noun

Definition of carrion

as in carcass

the flesh of dead animals Vultures live chiefly on carrion.

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Recent Examples of carrion The carrion odor of a voodoo lily is meant to attract pollinating flies and beetles. — Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 27 May 2026 Bald eagles eat carrion and are notorious for robbing osprey of their catches, the Smithsonian said. — Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 26 Mar. 2026 Coyotes help maintain ecological balance by controlling rodent populations, limiting disease transmission and removing carrion from the environment, advocates say. — Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Mar. 2026 Crustaceans are nibblers of plants, scavengers of carrion, and parasites of larger animals. — Andrew Coletti, Popular Science, 12 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for carrion

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The study also has no way to show how much of the wolves’ cattle consumption came from scavenging the carcasses of dead animals, Weiss said.

— Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 8 July 2026
Nearby Elephant Butte Lake, a draw for outdoorsy tourists, is so severely drought-depleted that sunbaked fish carcasses line its shores.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026