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carcass

[kahr-kuhs] / ˈkɑr kəs /
NOUN
body of dead animal
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NOUN
body of dead person
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NOUN
framework, structure
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"If another animal feeds on that carcass and it is not dying, then definitely it is not a chemical," Joel Nyika, the Amboseli ecosystem manager for the Kajiado County authorities, told AFP.

From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026

“We’d have the carcass of Head Start,” Garvin said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026

Scientists do not know whether early humans hunted the animal or collected its bone from a carcass that was already dead.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 27, 2026

I made my first stock after Thanksgiving, when my mom threw a turkey carcass at me and said, “Use this.”

From Salon ● Jul. 2, 2026

Dalgard carried the carcass of Monkey 053 into the examination room and opened it up and looked inside the body cavity.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston

The results support a recent hypothesis that Neanderthals may have regularly eaten animal carcasses containing fly larvae.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026

But in the Kimana reserve, AFP journalists saw six carcasses on Wednesday -- some fresh, others older -- with rangers also observing partial paralysis, preventing the animals from standing.

From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026

The carcasses include elephants of different ages and sexes, suggesting the deaths are not limited to a single family or demographic.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

But he was found not guilty of criminal damage - the charge that related to abandoning the carcasses.

From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026

Dad had hitched Siren and Stentor to the rock sled, so they’d be ready to drag the carcasses up to the fire.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck




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