carrion

Example Sentences

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The researchers also found evidence that the condors’ carrion of choice changed as animal populations shifted across the region.

From Science Magazine

As scavengers, they only eat carrion and risk ingesting lead when they consume the remains of animals killed with lead ammunition.

From Salon

The "total stinker" is irresistible to carrion flies which pollinate it.

From BBC

“You will savor God in the carrion,” she says, and puts a dead bird in her hands.

From New York Times

Three other men crawl toward the art on hands and knees, leaving slimy trails behind, drawn like slugs to carrion.

From Los Angeles Times