carrion
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Recent ecological studies also support this view, showing that carrion is more abundant and predictable than previously assumed.
From Science Daily • Jan. 19, 2026
After weeks of patience, last year's winner, Shane Gross, captured peppered moray eels scavenging for carrion at low tide.
From BBC • Oct. 14, 2025
In the wild, its stench lures pollinators like carrion beetles and flies, which are drawn to the smell of rotting flesh.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 21, 2025
Squirrels typically eat acorns, seeds, nuts and fruit, but are known to occasionally eat fresh carrion or roadkill, insects, eggs or other discarded food.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 19, 2024
One of his shoulders was much higher than the other, and he stooped over his trencher like a vulture over carrion.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
