carrion

Definition of Carrion in English :

1. carrion

the dead and rotting body of an animal; unfit for human food

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Carrion

noun

1.

dead and rotting flesh

2. (modifier)

eating carrion

carrion beetles

3.

something rotten or repulsive

noun

1.

the decaying flesh of a dead body, esp. when regarded as food for scavenging animals

2.

anything very disgusting or repulsive

adjective

3.

of or like carrion

4.

feeding on carrion

n.

Dead and decaying flesh.

adj.

1. Of or similar to dead and decaying flesh.

2. Feeding on such flesh.