carrion
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Flies are attracted by rotting flesh and carrions.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
If these regions do become swamped, he predicts that hooded crows will become more like carrion crows because carrions are the socially dominant birds.
From Nature • Jun. 19, 2014
Therein be places in which dead carrions never rot: but abide there always uncorrupt.
From Mediaeval Lore from Bartholomew Anglicus by Steele, Robert
And therefore by smelling he savoureth carrions that be far from him, that is beyond the sea, and ayenward.
From Mediaeval Lore from Bartholomew Anglicus by Steele, Robert
Therefore the vulture followeth the host that he may feed himself with carrions of men and of horses.
From Mediaeval Lore from Bartholomew Anglicus by Steele, Robert
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