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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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I have a friend who lives amid the trees, and one bright morning, she found a half-eaten deer carcass in her yard.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

This produced one of the most detailed 24 hour datasets yet assembled for African lions in human care under a carcass feeding regime.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026

The carcass of a four-month-old calf, swarming with flies, lay half-devoured by hyenas.

From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026

A meatpacker is the plant that slaughters the animal and breaks the carcass down into the cuts that reach shops or restaurants.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

Roz didn’t want to upset the man, so she left the carcass where it was and returned to her work.

From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown

"Providing whole carcasses changes much more than the nutritional content of the diet," Hryhorenko said.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026

Scientists studied a group of adult male African lions after animal care staff added whole carcasses every nine days to an existing feeding routine designed around periods of eating and fasting.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026

Grizzly bears are — were — omnivores, not picky eaters, and also lazy ones, noshing on berries, roots, acorns, beached whale carcasses and any laggardly young elk.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 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

“That’s the problem with the wasting disease. The whole forest was littered with carcasses that year, just rotting away. We couldn’t do anything with them. Their meat and hides were useless.”

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee


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