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Definition of carrion in English: carrionnoun ˈkarɪənˈkɛriən mass nounThe decaying flesh of dead animals. a crow wheeled over the hills in search of carrion Example sentencesExamples - They may steal prey from other raptors, and have been known to eat carrion as long as it has not been dead too long.
- As they soar over foraging areas, they scan the ground, searching for carrion or scavengers that might signal the presence of something dead.
- As well as carrion, harriers will eat the young of pukekos and ducks, and prey upon rodents found in fields.
- Bears like berries, nuts, grasses, carrion, insects and birdseed.
- After I pass, I see it in the rear view mirror, settling on carrion back along the shoulder.
- They are often seen soaring in search of carrion, but their diet also includes young goats and lambs.
- Yet their scavenging clears up immense quantities of carrion, and we should be grateful, if not admiring.
- they flew for the first time after being fed on a diet of rabbits, small mammals, frogs and carrion.
- Their diet includes fish, smaller birds, carrion, and refuse.
- Diversionary feeding involves leaving dead rats and other carrion on the moor for the harriers to eat.
- Badgers will kill carrion and have been know to take lambs but the ones they tend to go for are those on their last legs.
- The large monitor lizards have a more varied diet and will eat eggs, birds, small animals and carrion.
- Shrieks rent the air as another crow spiraled down to invade the feast, some carrion invisible from the roadside.
- Biologists, however, have reported some bees taking advantage of other resources, such as animal droppings and carrion.
- Some observers have suggested that carrion on train tracks actually aids overall eagle survival by providing fledglings with a ready food supply.
- Among the most conspicuous of the first colonisers at Mount St Helens was the common raven, known to eat almost anything, including carrion.
- Despite their fearsome size, these magnificent birds survive mainly on carrion and hunting small mammals like mice.
- Instead, he believes Rugops was a scavenger, using its head to pick at carrion rather than fighting other animals for food.
- It lives mainly on carrion, but farmers and gamekeepers shot, trapped and poisoned the bird because they believed it might endanger breeding grouse.
- A survey of fox dens showed that the vast majority of lamb carcasses found in them were carrion ie. dead before being taken by the fox.
Origin Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French and Old Northern French caroine, caroigne, Old French charoigne, based on Latin caro 'flesh'. carnival from mid 16th century: Originally a carnival was, in Roman Catholic countries, the period before Lent, a time of public merrymaking and festivities. It comes from medieval Latin carnelevamen ‘Shrovetide’. The base elements of the Latin word are caro, carn- ‘flesh’ and levare ‘to put away’, before the meat-free fasting of Lent began. There is a popular belief that carnival is from carne vale, ‘farewell, meat’, but this is mistaken. Other flesh-related words that come from caro include carnivorous (late 16th century), carnage (early 17th century), carnation (late 16th century) (from the flower's ‘fleshy’ colour), carrion (Middle English), and incarnation (Middle English).
Definition of carrion in US English: carrionnounˈkerēənˈkɛriən The decaying flesh of dead animals. a crow wheeled over the hills in search of carrion Example sentencesExamples - Badgers will kill carrion and have been know to take lambs but the ones they tend to go for are those on their last legs.
- Shrieks rent the air as another crow spiraled down to invade the feast, some carrion invisible from the roadside.
- Their diet includes fish, smaller birds, carrion, and refuse.
- As well as carrion, harriers will eat the young of pukekos and ducks, and prey upon rodents found in fields.
- Among the most conspicuous of the first colonisers at Mount St Helens was the common raven, known to eat almost anything, including carrion.
- Despite their fearsome size, these magnificent birds survive mainly on carrion and hunting small mammals like mice.
- Bears like berries, nuts, grasses, carrion, insects and birdseed.
- It lives mainly on carrion, but farmers and gamekeepers shot, trapped and poisoned the bird because they believed it might endanger breeding grouse.
- Yet their scavenging clears up immense quantities of carrion, and we should be grateful, if not admiring.
- Biologists, however, have reported some bees taking advantage of other resources, such as animal droppings and carrion.
- They may steal prey from other raptors, and have been known to eat carrion as long as it has not been dead too long.
- they flew for the first time after being fed on a diet of rabbits, small mammals, frogs and carrion.
- The large monitor lizards have a more varied diet and will eat eggs, birds, small animals and carrion.
- After I pass, I see it in the rear view mirror, settling on carrion back along the shoulder.
- As they soar over foraging areas, they scan the ground, searching for carrion or scavengers that might signal the presence of something dead.
- Diversionary feeding involves leaving dead rats and other carrion on the moor for the harriers to eat.
- They are often seen soaring in search of carrion, but their diet also includes young goats and lambs.
- Instead, he believes Rugops was a scavenger, using its head to pick at carrion rather than fighting other animals for food.
- Some observers have suggested that carrion on train tracks actually aids overall eagle survival by providing fledglings with a ready food supply.
- A survey of fox dens showed that the vast majority of lamb carcasses found in them were carrion ie. dead before being taken by the fox.
Origin Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French and Old Northern French caroine, caroigne, Old French charoigne, based on Latin caro ‘flesh’. |