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carrion

noun as in decaying flesh

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Many herbivores will opportunistically scarf down carrion for protein, Gerlach says.

Or, when escape is all but impossible, it makes animals play dead or faint, as most predators avoid eating carrion.

Its steady gait allowed it to range widely in a day, where it preyed on smaller dinosaurs like ceratopsians and hadrosaurs, and, contrary to its fierce reputation, sometimes scavenged on carrion.

Caracaras are frequently ground-dwellers, clacking around on the rocks and scavenging smaller birds, eggs, insects and carrion.

The carcass then attracts other creatures like carrion birds, which can also get hit, creating a miserable cycle of wildlife death.

Carrion resigned as Bronx borough president to join the Obama administration in Washington.

Bonami knew and liked her work and Carrion-Murayari concurred.

She had similar fears when 2010 Biennial curators Bonami and Gary Carrion-Murayari came calling last year.

Bonami and Carrion-Murayari write that “time is what makes shows different from one another.”

Bonami and Carrion-Murayari wanted to do something different with the video artists included.

There are poets and writers who see naught in war but carrion, filth, savagery and horror.

As he advanced, three crows flew, coming from some carrion spoil they had found within.

Over in the field a flock of crows and kites were wheeling,—some carrion,—but Mary did not go near.

But there poured upon him an overpowering smell of carrion; putrefying lambs, chamois, and birds lay here torn to pieces.

On the extreme summit of a feather-pine, the carrion crows croaked and rocked in the soft breeze.

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On this page you'll find 8 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to carrion, such as: body, corpse, and remains.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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