road kill
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noun
Informal. the body of an animal killed on a road by a motor vehicle.
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Origin of road kill
An Americanism dating back to 1970–75
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How to use road kill in a sentence
He even hinted that he disposed of some of the bodies at a local rendering plant that processes roadkill.
British Dictionary definitions for road kill
roadkill
/ (ˈrəʊdˌkɪl) /
noun
mainly US the remains of an animal or animals killed on the road by motor vehicles
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