carrion

[ kar-ee-uhn ]
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noun
  1. dead and putrefying flesh.

  2. rottenness; anything vile.

adjective
  1. feeding on carrion.

Origin of carrion

1
1175–1225; Middle English caroyne, careyn, carion<Anglo-French careine,Old French charo(i)gne<Vulgar Latin *caronia, equivalent to Latin carun- (see caruncle) + -ia-y3

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carrion

/ (ˈkærɪən) /


noun
  1. dead and rotting flesh

  2. (modifier) eating carrion: carrion beetles

  1. something rotten or repulsive

Origin of carrion

1
C13: from Anglo-French caroine, ultimately from Latin carō flesh

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