OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 22212

carrion

/ˈkæ.ɹɪ.ən/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
carroña
Rotting flesh of a dead animal or person.
Vultures feed on carrion.
[W]hat disordered slippery decks of a whale-ship are comparable to the unspeakable carrion of those battle-fields from which so many soldiers return to drink in all ladies' plaudit…
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