Definition of carrion

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< carriole

carrion crow >

car·ri·on    (kr-n) KEY  

NOUN:

Dead and decaying flesh.

ADJECTIVE:

1. Of or similar to dead and decaying flesh.
2. Feeding on such flesh.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English careine, from Anglo-Norman, from Vulgar Latin *carnia, from Latin car, flesh; see sker- ¹ in Indo-European roots

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