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carrion

[kar-ee-uhn]

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noun

dead and putrefying flesh.

rottenness; anything vile.

adjective

feeding on carrion.

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Origin:
1175–1225; Middle English caroyne, careyn, carion < Anglo-French careine, Old French charo(i)gne < Vulgar Latin *caronia, equivalent to Latin carun- (see caruncle) + -ia -y³

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carrion (ˈkærɪən)

—n
1.	dead and rotting flesh
2.	(modifier) eating carrion: carrion beetles
3.	something rotten or repulsive

[C13: from Anglo-French caroine, ultimately from Latin carō flesh]

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carrion

early 13c., from Anglo-Fr. carogne, from V.L. *caronia "carcass," from L. caro "meat."

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