释义 |
carrioncar‧ri‧on /ˈkæriən/ noun [uncountable]  carrionOrigin: 1200-1300 Anglo-French caroine, from Vulgar Latin caronia, from Latin caro; ➔ CARNAL - From a distance, their posture on a ridge is that of a crow on carrion.
- Huge carrion birds gorged on the flesh.
- Humans don't necessarily get sick from eating carrion.
- Most of its prey are ducks and seabirds, fish and carrion.
- The black birds struggled out, a thousand of them, bright-beaked, anxious to find carrion.
- Unlike most other fabled beasts it preferred to scavenge carrion from the forest floor rather than kill for fresh meat.
the decaying flesh of dead animals, which is eaten by some animals and birds |