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 Its flowers also support bees, butterflies, and carrion flies, which are beneficial insects. — Ann Hinga Klein, Martha Stewart, 11 June 2026 Their diet also extends to carrion, chicken eggs, fruit, pet food, small live animals, and vegetables. — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 3 June 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for carrion

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Noun

Another stool from the collection slots a craggy stone carcass inside a black columnlike shell.

— Jill Singer, Curbed, 14 Sep. 2026
Then, in March of 1992, some forty godwit carcasses were seized from a poacher in New Zealand.

— Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of carcass

Noun

Eight roach corpses filled a device on the buffet line’s cold holding unit.

— David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 15 Sep. 2026
She was also sentenced to five years on the weapons charge, to be served concurrently, and seven years for desecration of a human corpse, to be served consecutively to the Wisconsin sentence.

— Veronica Fulton, NBC news, 10 Sep. 2026