carrion /karˈi-ən/

1. The dead and rotting body or flesh of any animal
2. Anything vile or rotten

Relating to, or feeding on, putrid flesh

carrion beetle noun

A beetle of the family Silphidae, which feeds on carrion

carrion crow noun

1. The common crow (Corvus corone)
2. The black vulture (US)

carrˈion-flower noun

1. A N American climbing plant (Smilax herbacea), with flowers that smell like putrid flesh
2. A S African asclepiad plant (genus Stapelia) with fleshy stem and stinking flowers

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