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carrion

car·ri·on [ kárree ən ]


noun  (plural car·ri·ons)
Definition:
 
1. rotting animal flesh: the rotting flesh of a dead animal

2. something decaying: something that is decaying or disgusting ( literary )



adjective 
Definition:
 
of decomposing flesh: relating to rotting flesh or the eating of such flesh

[13th century. < Anglo-Norman, Old French caroi(g)ne< Latin caro "flesh"]
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