From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcarrioncar‧ri‧on /ˈkæriən/ noun [uncountable] DEADthe decaying flesh of dead animals, which is eaten by some animals and birds
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carrion• Most of its prey are ducks and seabirds, fish and carrion.• Humans don't necessarily get sick from eating carrion.• The black birds struggled out, a thousand of them, bright-beaked, anxious to find carrion.• Huge carrion birds gorged on the flesh.• From a distance, their posture on a ridge is that of a crow on carrion.• Unlike most other fabled beasts it preferred to scavenge carrion from the forest floor rather than kill for fresh meat.Origin carrion (1200-1300) Anglo-French caroine, from Vulgar Latin caronia, from Latin caro; → CARNAL 