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Meanings of carrion in English

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Usage of carrion in English
1
The sight of the carrion bird made both of the boys shudder.
The Boy Aviators in Africa; Or, an Aerial Ivory Trail
2
The hyena smelt the carrion and licked herself, wearied by the delay.
The Social Cancer: A Complete English Version of Noli Me Tangere
3
The hawk had singled out a quarry from among the carrion crew.
Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists
4
The carrion birds in the high branches took flight all at once.
Hood
5
And it stank-theodor of foul carrion after days in the sun.
Midnight at the well of souls
6
Thus carrion was shot into Negropont from such engines by Mahomed II.
The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2
7
So they made two deadfalls with the carrion half way between them.
Rolf in the Woods
8
You never fail to see the common vulture where there is carrion.
Wanderings in South America
9
Here was the monstrous carrion-beast then at last, sunning himself and waiting.
The King's Achievement
10
You would eat the carrion of your own dead, rather than starve.
The Deerslayer
11
Behind them, the first of the carrion eaters dropped from the sky.
Brisingr
12
If you resort to eating carrion, you should cook it whenever possible.
Survive!: essential skills and tactics to get you out of anywher...
13
Crowds of eagles, vultures, and carrion-crows were already feasting on the remains.
Round About the Carpathians
14
The vultures pass up such poisonously hot carrion too-they'velearned their lesson.
The Night of the Long Knives
15
And beside him, equally hideous, stood two powerful hyenas-carrion-eatersconsorting with carrion.
Jungle Tales of Tarzan
16
There's safety in numbers, but we fight together, like buzzards over carrion.
The Border Legion
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United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common