carrion

«carrion» in Mova's school dictionary: the dead and rotting flesh of animals — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (carrion, uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) Carrion is the dead and rotting flesh of animals. tree →

2) (adjective use) Carrion animals, such as a carrion crow, eat dead animals. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science lessons carrion is food for scavengers such as vultures, crows, hyenas, Tasmanian devils and burying beetles; they help clean up nature and recycle nutrients. Some flowers (carrion flowers) smell like carrion to attract flies. In stories it creates a grim, gloomy mood. Phrases: carrion crow, carrion flower, feed on carrion.

examples

• Vultures circled over the carrion in the desert. tree →
• Carrion crows eat dead animals by the roadside. tree →
• Hyenas feed on carrion as well as hunting. tree →
• The giant flower smelled like carrion and attracted flies. tree →
• Burying beetles bury carrion to feed their young. tree →
• Tasmanian devils clean up carrion in the bush. tree →
• The battlefield was full of carrion birds. tree →
• Greedy for carrion, and sure that this must be a fresh corpse, the bird swooped down upon the boy. tree →

note

Uncountable: «some carrion». Pronounced KARR-ee-un. Animals that eat carrion are called scavengers. Do not confuse with «carry on».

In the corpora

• and the horned owl, and the pelican, and the carrion-vulture;
• and the pelican, and the carrion-vulture, and the cormorant;

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «carrion» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.