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carcass
noun as in body of dead person
Example Sentences
Tamer wolves would get more food, and the humans gradually came to rely on the wolves to clean up remains of messy carcasses and to raise the alarm if a predator came near.
There is a strong stench of rotting flesh coming from a sheep's carcass that has been left to entice red kites to feed here.
The cattle shortage has led companies to try to cut costs and scrape every morsel of meat off each cattle carcass.
She stretched her wide wings and glided off to search for carcasses.
Rare hyena behaviours have been caught on camera, including a mother-to-be trying to steal food from wild dogs and outsmarting rivals by hiding a stolen carcass underwater to mask its scent.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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