Carrion

Word CARRION
Character 7
Hyphenation car ri on
Pronunciations /ˈkæ.ɹi.ən/

Definitions and meanings of "Carrion"

What do we mean by carrion?

Dead and decaying flesh. noun

Of or similar to dead and decaying flesh. adjective

Feeding on such flesh. adjective

A dead body; a corpse; a carcass; flesh. noun

A mere carcass: used of a living person, as a term of contempt. noun

The dead and putrefying body or flesh of animals; flesh so corrupted as to be unfit for food. noun

Dead and putrefying, as a carcass.

The dead and putrefying body or flesh of an animal; flesh so corrupted as to be unfit for food. noun

A contemptible or worthless person; -- a term of reproach. noun

Of or pertaining to dead and putrefying carcasses; feeding on carrion. adjective

Any beetle that feeds habitually on dead animals; -- also called sexton beetle and burying beetle. There are many kinds, belonging mostly to the family Silphidæ. adjective

A South American bird of several species and genera (as Ibycter, Milvago, and Polyborus), which act as scavengers. See Caracara. adjective

The common European crow (Corvus corone) which feeds on carrion, insects, fruits, and seeds. adjective

Dead flesh; carcasses. noun

The dead and rotting body of an animal; unfit for human food noun

Dead flesh; carcasses.

A contemptible or worthless person.

1 - dead and putrefying flesh. 2 - rottenness; anything vile. Urban Dictionary

A cool ass game where you play as a meat monster voring the entire fucking human population Urban Dictionary

U.S. grindcore/noisecore band from the late 1990's, now defunct. Urban Dictionary

(n.) A question intended to gauge the life expectancy of a relationship that vaguely insinuates wishes for its end. Urban Dictionary

Carrion Crawlers look like giant mealworms, with long nasty tentacles around their mouths. when these tentacles strike, the victim is often paralyzed. while the carrion crawler dines on dead victims, it's never adverse to a little fresh meat. Urban Dictionary

A cheese Urban Dictionary

1. a market-style sale of ephemeral or short-lived goods. 2. metaphorically referring to the avaricious or carnivorous style of contemporary or capitalistic business. 2. the sale of dead putrefying flesh. Urban Dictionary

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The decaying flesh of dead animals. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Carrion

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The word "carrion" in example sentences

I soak up a few fingers of a bottle of mescal and sweat a lot at a table in the rear of the cantina with my back to the wall, and I watch the shadows of the zopilotes heaving past, the mangy black vultures that seem to be in the city's official employ to remove carrion from the streets, and I think mostly about what crybabies Wilson and Bryan, his paunchy windbag of a Secretary of State, have turned out to be. ❋ Unknown (2004)

It's bald for one reason only, no feathers, because when it gets down to carrion, which is a dead animal they start eating, bacteria cannot grow on its head, cannot grow in the feathers. ❋ Unknown (2009)

So they're being forced to eat birds, carrion, which is dead animals. ❋ Unknown (2006)

The woman had pulled the chair to the other side of the hearth and sat watching him as one would a boar feeding on carrion, that is to say with a certain measure of fascinated disgust. ❋ Frazier, Charles, 1950- Cold Mountain (2003)

I truly give in to despair at times, that deep, futureless pit of despair that the poet Gerard Manley Hopkins called carrion comfort. ❋ Simmons, Dan (1990)

Its leaves, when bruised, emit a strong smell like that of carrion, which is very loathsome. ❋ William Thomas Fernie (N/A)

Great numbers of a species of vultures, commonly called carrion crows by the sailors (_vultur aura_), were seen upon this island, and probably feed on young seal-cubs, which either die in the birth, or which they take an opportunity to seize upon. ❋ Robert Kerr (1784)

Commonly known as a carrion flower or a "corpse flower," the plant started blooming at the museum over the weekend. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Due to the off putting odor, these are also called carrion flowers. ❋ Unknown (2009)

A great many species of fly feed, in their larval or maggot form, on what Hall delicately calls "carrion". ❋ Unknown (2010)

Octavia and I would make splendid miners 'wives not to be squeamish or silly over the "carrion" that was shot, and not to have trembling nerves today. ❋ Elinor Glyn (1903)

One day Peter Nicholls shot a queer kind of carrion bird, not so large as ❋ Ernest Giles (1866)

He adds: "Whatever they may have been when their island was called _Insula Sacra_, there are no people in Europe who are more squeamish in the use of meats than the modern Irish peasantry, for they have a horror of every kind of carrion;" albeit he is obliged to confess that, though they abuse the French for eating frogs, and the ❋ Mary Frances Cusack (1864)

On entering the stream, they saw a great number of birds, which they took at first for turkeys, so much they resembled them, but which were only a kind of carrion eagles, vulgarly called turkey-buzzards. ❋ Unknown (1854)

That old grave yard is turned out like their old fields, to rejuvenate upon the very carrion which is left from the ceaseless battle that time wages with all things. ❋ Unknown (1845)

That [animal] has Carrion. ❋ Ellie.rose_x (2008)

"[Hey man], have [you heard] of this game called Carrion?" "Yeah, [I love it]!" ❋ Fivegays (2021)

[I saw] Carrion Crawler at [the show]. ❋ Jensen C. Ochoa Ph.D. (2007)

[Carrion] Questions: How's your boyfriend? Did he bring you [flowers] for your show? Where are you going on your date? What did he get you for [Valentine's Day]? ❋ Samson III (2006)

[Giant] [worms] aren't fun. ❋ Smurf (2004)

She has a camila carrion [in her] [teeth] ❋ Andreamiamor6thgradecrush (2018)

1. The [bazaar] was a [madhouse]. A regular [carrion fair] 2. The carnival was a carrion fair of rides and games. 2. ...as we had to get back to the airport to dig into that mess, the grocery store (for the obligatory snack/souvenir stop), and then back to the "[Carrion Fair]" store for essentials since the bags are not in our near future... ❋ Apox64928 (2010)

Damn look at [papi] [Rico] Yancarlos carrionover there he's so [Gucci] I want his D. ❋ Yancarlos Carrion (2016)

Jack: EYOOOO DID YOU READ THE NEW UPDATE OF [CARRION]? No: YES! It was so good! I loved the chapter and what the author did to the plot. [The twist] was definitely unexpected though. Jack: I know right! It was quite interesting when that happened, I liked how [Bren] (Protagonist) handled the situation though. ❋ TheOnlyWayUp (2021)

"a crow [wheeled] [over the hills] in search of [carrion]" ❋ Merasmus123 (2020)

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