carrion – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
carrion
n.
dead rotten flesh (often eaten by scavengers)
Carrion
Carrion (from the Latin "
caro", meaning "meat") refers to the dead and decaying flesh of an animal. Carrion is an important food source for large
carnivores and
omnivores in most ecosystems. Examples of carrion-eaters (or
scavengers) include
vultures,
hawks,
eagles,
hyenas,
Virginia opossum,
Tasmanian devils,
coyotes,
Komodo dragons, and
burying beetles. Many invertebrates such as the burying beetles, as well as
maggots of
calliphorid flies and
flesh-flies also eat carrion, playing an important role in recycling nitrogen and carbon in animal remains.
Carrion (disambiguation)
Carrion refers to the carcass of a dead animal.
carrion
Noun
1. dead and rotting flesh; unfit for human food
(hypernym) raw meat
2. the dead and rotting body of an animal
(hypernym) body, dead body
carrion
n.
mršina
Carrion
(n.)
The dead and putrefying body or flesh of an animal; flesh so corrupted as to be unfit for food.
(n.)
A contemptible or worthless person; -- a term of reproach.
(a.)
Of or pertaining to dead and putrefying carcasses; feeding on carrion.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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