carrion
(noun) the dead and rotting body of an animal; unfit for human food
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Carrion
A surname.
carrion (usually uncountable, plural carrions)
(mostly, uncountable) Dead flesh; carcasses.
(countable, obsolete, derogatory) A contemptible or worthless person.
Source: Wiktionary
Car"ri*on, n. Etym: [OE. caroyne, OF. caroigne, F. charogne, LL. caronia, fr. L. caro flesh Cf. Crone, Crony.]
1. The dead and putrefying body or flesh of an animal; flesh so corrupted as to be unfit for food. They did eat the dead carrions. Spenser.
2. A contemptible or worthless person; -- a term of reproach. [Obs.] "Old feeble carrions." Shak.
Car"ri*on, a.
Definition: Of or pertaining to dead and putrefying carcasses; feeding on carrion. A prey for carrion kites. Shak. Carrion beetle (Zoöl.), any beetle that feeds habitually on dead animals; -- also called sexton beetle and burying beetle. There are many kinds, belonging mostly to the family Silphidæ.
– Carrion buzzard (Zoöl.), a South American bird of several species and genera (as Ibycter, Milvago, and Polyborus), which act as scavengers. See Caracara.
– Carrion crow, the common European crow (Corvus corone) which feeds on carrion, insects, fruits, and seeds.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 April 2024
(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
