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carrion

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car⋅ri⋅on

  [kar-ee-uhn]
–noun
1. dead and putrefying flesh.
2. rottenness; anything vile.
–adjective
3. feeding on carrion.
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Origin:
1175–1225; ME caroyne, careyn, carion < AF careine, OF charo(i)gne < VL *caronia, equiv. to L carun- (see caruncle ) + -ia -y 3
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car·ri·on   (kār'ē-ən)   
n.  Dead and decaying flesh.
adj.  

  1. Of or similar to dead and decaying flesh.

  2. Feeding on such flesh.


[Middle English careine, from Anglo-Norman, from Vulgar Latin *carōnia, from Latin carō, flesh; see sker-1 in Indo-European roots.]
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Word Origin & History

carrion 
c.1225, from Anglo-Fr. carogne, from V.L. *caronia "carcass," from L. caro "meat."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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