: dead and putrefying flesh
Vultures live chiefly on carrion.
also
: flesh unfit for food
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Vultures live chiefly on carrion.
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Vultures are large, daytime (diurnal) raptors that primarily feed on the decaying flesh of dead animals, known as carrion.
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Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 2 Nov. 2024
Goetz also calls out juniper and boxwood foliage for notoriously smelling like cat urine, hawthorn tree flowers for smelling like carrion, and the flashy flowers of crown fritillaria (Fritillaria imperialis) bulbs for mimicking a skunk.
—Erica Browne Grivas, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Oct. 2024
Nautiluses feed on a diet of small fish, crustaceans and carrion.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 7 Sep. 2024
Here, the carrion in question was the Cuban American artist Jorge Pardo, who’d designed and built the house as a commission for Los Angeles MoCA.
—Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2024
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Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 2 Nov. 2024
Goetz also calls out juniper and boxwood foliage for notoriously smelling like cat urine, hawthorn tree flowers for smelling like carrion, and the flashy flowers of crown fritillaria (Fritillaria imperialis) bulbs for mimicking a skunk.
—Erica Browne Grivas, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Oct. 2024
Nautiluses feed on a diet of small fish, crustaceans and carrion.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 7 Sep. 2024
Here, the carrion in question was the Cuban American artist Jorge Pardo, who’d designed and built the house as a commission for Los Angeles MoCA.
—Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2024
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“Carrion.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/carrion. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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carrion
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car·ri·on
ˈkar-ē-ən 
: dead and decaying flesh
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