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Definitions of carrion
  1. noun
    the dead and rotting body of an animal; unfit for human food
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  • vulture any of various large diurnal birds of prey having naked heads and weak claws and feeding chiefly on carrion
  • hyena doglike nocturnal mammal of Africa and southern Asia that feeds chiefly on carrion
  • scavenge feed on carrion or refuse
  • marabout large African black-and-white carrion-eating stork; its downy underwing feathers are used to trim garments
  • marabou large African black-and-white carrion-eating stork; its downy underwing feathers are used to trim garments
  • necrophagia feeding on corpses or carrion
  • blowfly large usually hairy metallic blue or green fly; lays eggs in carrion or dung or wounds
  • crowbait an emaciated horse likely soon to become carrion and so attractive to crows
  • marabou stork large African black-and-white carrion-eating stork; its downy underwing feathers are used to trim garments
  • sarcophaga carnaria fly whose larvae feed on carrion or the flesh of living animals
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