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carrion

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++car·ri·on /ˈkæriən/ noun [uncountable]  DEADthe decaying flesh of dead animals, which is eaten by some animals and birds 〔动物的〕腐尸;腐肉
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carrionMost 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
car·ri·on nounChineseSyllable
animals, Corpus which of decaying the flesh is dead


carrion
carrion /ˈkæriən/ noun [uncountable]
 Date: 1200-1300
 Language: Anglo-French
 Origin: caroine, from Vulgar Latin caronia, from Latin caro; carnal
the decaying flesh of dead animals, which is eaten by some animals and birds


car·rionBrE /ˈkæriən/ 🔊NAmE /ˈkæriən/ 🔊 noun [uncountable]
the decaying flesh of dead animals (死动物的)腐肉crows feeding on carrion以腐肉为食的乌鸦