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Definition of carrion noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

carrion

noun
 
/ˈkæriən/
 
/ˈkæriən/
[uncountable]
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  1. the decaying (= becoming destroyed by natural processes) bodies of dead animals
    • crows feeding on carrion
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryCarrion is used before these nouns:
    • crow
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    Word OriginMiddle English: from Anglo-Norman French and Old Northern French caroine, caroigne, Old French charoigne, based on Latin caro ‘flesh’.
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