Complete Definition of "carrion"

English

Noun
carrion

#uncountable dead|Dead flesh; carcasses.
#:Vultures feed on carrion.

Quotations
1922, w:Virginia Woolf|Virginia Woolf, w:Jacob's Room|Jacob's Room, Vintage Classics, paperback edition, page 119

Translations
trans-top|dead flesh; carcasses
German: Aas n
Italian: carogna f
Polish: padlina f
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Portuguese: carniça f
Slovene: mrhovina f
Spanish: carroña f
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Related terms
carrion beetle
carrion crow

Adjective
carrion

  1. Of or pertaining to carrion.

Category:Death

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