A dead deer being pecked by vultures, remains partly eaten by other animals, that sort of rotten meat is called 'carrion'.
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Carrion
//ˈkæ.ɹɪ.ən//
Synonyms for "carrion" (276 found)
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Adjective(17 words)
Noun(11 words)
Strong matches (82)
Adjective(30 words)
Related words (138)
Noun(31 words)
Adjective(55 words)
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14 entrieshas context
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2 entriesrelated to
5 entriesTranslations
108 translations across 54 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- karkas noun (rotting flesh of a dead animal or person)
Albanian
2 entries- kërmë noun (rotting flesh of a dead animal or person)
- shtrek noun (rotting flesh of a dead animal or person)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- κενέβρεια noun (rotting flesh of a dead animal or person)
Arabic
2 entries- جِيفة noun (rotting flesh of a dead animal or person)
- فَطِيسَة noun (rotting flesh of a dead animal or person)
Armenian
2 entries- գեշ noun (rotting flesh of a dead animal or person)
- լեշ noun (rotting flesh of a dead animal or person)
Asturian
3 entries- carnada noun (rotting flesh of a dead animal or person)
- carnazu noun (rotting flesh of a dead animal or person)
- carnáu noun (rotting flesh of a dead animal or person)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- cəmdək noun (rotting flesh of a dead animal or person)
- leş noun (rotting flesh of a dead animal or person)
Bashkir
2 entries- емтек noun (rotting flesh of a dead animal or person)
- үләкһә noun (rotting flesh of a dead animal or person)
Basque
1 entries- haratustel noun (rotting flesh of a dead animal or person)
Belarusian
2 entries- мярцвя́чына noun (rotting flesh of a dead animal or person)
- па́дла noun (rotting flesh of a dead animal or person)
Bulgarian
4 entries- гниещ adj (pertaining to, or made up of, rotting flesh)
- дръглив adj (emaciated, skeletonlike)
- измършавял adj (emaciated, skeletonlike)
- костелив adj (emaciated, skeletonlike)
Catalan
2 entries- carronya noun (rotting flesh of a dead animal or person)
- rossa noun (rotting flesh of a dead animal or person)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 腐肉 noun (rotting flesh of a dead animal or person)
Cornish
1 entries- karyn noun (rotting flesh of a dead animal or person)
Czech
2 entries- mršina noun (rotting flesh of a dead animal or person)
- zdechlina noun (rotting flesh of a dead animal or person)
Danish
2 entries- kadaver noun (rotting flesh of a dead animal or person)
- ådsel noun (rotting flesh of a dead animal or person)
Dutch
4 entries- aas noun (rotting flesh of a dead animal or person)
- kadaver noun (rotting flesh of a dead animal or person)
- karkas noun (rotting flesh of a dead animal or person)
- kreng noun (rotting flesh of a dead animal or person)
Eastern Mari
1 entries- виля noun (rotting flesh of a dead animal or person)
Faroese
1 entries- ræ noun (rotting flesh of a dead animal or person)
Finnish
4 entries- raato adj (pertaining to, or made up of, rotting flesh)
- haaska noun (rotting flesh of a dead animal or person)
- mätä noun (corrupt or horrid matter)
- raato noun (rotting flesh of a dead animal or person)
French
1 entries- charogne noun (rotting flesh of a dead animal or person)
Galician
3 entries- calaza noun (rotting flesh of a dead animal or person)
- carniza noun (rotting flesh of a dead animal or person)
- carriza noun (rotting flesh of a dead animal or person)
Georgian
1 entries- ლეში noun (rotting flesh of a dead animal or person)
German
4 entries- Aas adj (pertaining to, or made up of, rotting flesh)
- Aas noun (rotting flesh of a dead animal or person)
- Kadaver noun (rotting flesh of a dead animal or person)
- Sauerei noun (corrupt or horrid matter)
Greek
3 entries- θνησιμαίο noun (rotting flesh of a dead animal or person)
- κουφάρι noun (rotting flesh of a dead animal or person)
- ψοφίμι noun (rotting flesh of a dead animal or person)
Hausa
1 entries- mushe noun (rotting flesh of a dead animal or person)
Hebrew
2 entries- נְבֵלָה noun (rotting flesh of a dead animal or person)
- פֶּגֶר noun (rotting flesh of a dead animal or person)
Hungarian
4 entries- dög noun (rotting flesh of a dead animal or person)
- döghús noun (rotting flesh of a dead animal or person)
- hulla noun (rotting flesh of a dead animal or person)
- tetem noun (rotting flesh of a dead animal or person)
Irish
2 entries- ablach noun (rotting flesh of a dead animal or person)
- splíonach noun (rotting flesh of a dead animal or person)
Italian
1 entries- carogna noun (rotting flesh of a dead animal or person)
Japanese
3 entries- 死肉 noun (rotting flesh of a dead animal or person)
- 腐肉 noun (rotting flesh of a dead animal or person)
- 骸 noun (rotting flesh of a dead animal or person)
Latin
2 entries- cadāver noun (rotting flesh of a dead animal or person)
- morticīnus noun (rotting flesh of a dead animal or person)
Latvian
1 entries- maita noun (rotting flesh of a dead animal or person)
Middle English
1 entries- caroyne noun (rotting flesh of a dead animal or person)
Mongolian
1 entries- улай noun (rotting flesh of a dead animal or person)
Māori
1 entries- pera noun (rotting flesh of a dead animal or person)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- mirar noun (rotting flesh of a dead animal or person)
Norwegian
2 entries- kadaver noun (rotting flesh of a dead animal or person)
- åtsel noun (rotting flesh of a dead animal or person)
Occitan
1 entries- carònha noun (rotting flesh of a dead animal or person)
Old English
1 entries- ǣs noun (rotting flesh of a dead animal or person)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- لاش noun (rotting flesh of a dead animal or person)
- مردار noun (rotting flesh of a dead animal or person)
Polish
1 entries- padlina noun (rotting flesh of a dead animal or person)
Portuguese
1 entries- carniça noun (rotting flesh of a dead animal or person)
Romanian
2 entries- mortăciune noun (rotting flesh of a dead animal or person)
- stârv noun (rotting flesh of a dead animal or person)
Russian
4 entries- дохля́тина noun (rotting flesh of a dead animal or person)
- мертвечи́на noun (rotting flesh of a dead animal or person)
- мертвя́тина noun (rotting flesh of a dead animal or person)
- па́даль noun (rotting flesh of a dead animal or person)
Slovak
1 entries- zdochlina noun (rotting flesh of a dead animal or person)
Slovene
1 entries- mrhovina noun (rotting flesh of a dead animal or person)
Spanish
1 entries- carroña noun (rotting flesh of a dead animal or person)
Swedish
2 entries- as noun (rotting flesh of a dead animal or person)
- kadaver noun (rotting flesh of a dead animal or person)
Tarifit
1 entries- amurḍus noun (rotting flesh of a dead animal or person)
Thai
3 entries- ซากสัตว์ noun (rotting flesh of a dead animal or person)
- เนื้อตาย noun (rotting flesh of a dead animal or person)
- เนื้อเน่า noun (rotting flesh of a dead animal or person)
Turkish
1 entries- leş noun (rotting flesh of a dead animal or person)
Ukrainian
4 entries- дохля́тина noun (rotting flesh of a dead animal or person)
- мертве́ччина noun (rotting flesh of a dead animal or person)
- мертвечи́на noun (rotting flesh of a dead animal or person)
- па́даль noun (rotting flesh of a dead animal or person)
Volapük
1 entries- nimafun noun (rotting flesh of a dead animal or person)
Sample sentences
32 total sentences available.
Any carrion lying around is visited by the hyena.
Source: tatoeba (7245346)
Vultures eat carrion.
Source: tatoeba (7245363)
The eagle, king of birds, looks on the sun. The vulture and the raven feed on carrion. The kite pursues chickens.
Source: tatoeba (7351110)
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