carrion

carrion
Synonyms and related words:
ashes, bilge, bilgewater, body, bones, cadaver, carcass, caries, clay, corpse, corpus delicti, corruption, crowbait, dandruff, dead body, dead man, dead person, decay, decedent, decomposition, dishwater, ditchwater, dry bones, dry rot, dust, earth, embalmed corpse, excrement, filth, food for worms, foul matter, foulness, furfur, gangrene, garbage, late lamented, mess, mortal remains, mortification, muck, mucus, mummification, mummy, necrosis, obscenity, offal, offscourings, ordure, organic remains, pus, putrefaction, putrescence, putrid matter, putridity, putridness, rancidity, rancidness, rankness, refuse, relics, reliquiae, remains, riffraff, rot, rottenness, scum, scurf, scuz, sewage, sewerage, skeleton, slime, slop, slops, slough, smut, sphacelation, sphacelus, spoilage, stiff, swill, tenement of clay, the dead, the deceased, the defunct, the departed, the loved one, tooth decay

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  • Carrión — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Carrión puede referirse a: El río Carrión, un afluente del Pisuerga que pasa por la ciudad de Palencia (España); Carrión de los Céspedes, municipio español perteneciente a la provincia de Sevilla, en Andalucía;… …   Wikipedia Español

  • Carrión — oder Carrion ist der Name folgender Personen: Benjamín Carrión (1898–1979), ecuadorianischer Schriftsteller Luisito Carrión (* 1962), puerto ricanischer Salsamusiker Manuel Ramírez de Carrión (1579–1652), Taubstummen Pädagoge Pedro Carrión (*… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Carrion — Carrión ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Benjamín Carrión (1898–1979), ecuadorianischer Schriftsteller Pedro Carrión (* 1971), kubanischer Boxer Ulises Carrión (1941–1989), mexikanischer Künstler und Verleger Carrión heißt ein Ort in… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Carrión — puede referirse a: ● El río Carrión, un afluente del Pisuerga que pasa por la ciudad de Palencia (España). ● Carrión de los Céspedes, municipio español pertenenciente a la provincia de Sevilla, en Andalucía. ● Carrión de los Condes, municipio… …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Carrion — Car ri*on, a. Of or pertaining to dead and putrefying carcasses; feeding on carrion. [1913 Webster] A prey for carrion kites. Shak. [1913 Webster] {Carrion beetle} (Zo[ o]l.), any beetle that feeds habitually on dead animals; also called {sexton… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • carrion — early 13c., carione, from Anglo Fr. carogne (O.N.Fr. caroigne; O.Fr. charogne, 12c., carrion, corpse, Mod.Fr. charogne), from V.L. *caronia carcass (Cf. It. carogna, Sp. carroña carrion ), from L. caro meat (see CARNAGE (Cf …   Etymology dictionary

  • carrion — [kar′ē ən] n. [ME carioun < Anglo Fr carogne < VL * caronia, carcass < L caro: see HARVEST] 1. the decaying flesh of a dead body, esp. when regarded as food for scavenging animals 2. anything very disgusting or repulsive adj. 1. of or… …   English World dictionary

  • Carrión — Caractéristiques Longueur 179 km Bassin 3 351 km2 Bassin collecteur …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Carrĭon — Carrĭon, 1) C. de los Condes, Stadt am Carrion in der spanischen Provinz Palencia, ehemals befestigt, Hauptort der gleichnamigen Grafschaft, 10 Kirchen, Weinbau; 3000 Ew.; 2) Fluß daselbst, entspringt am Südabhange des Cantabrischen Gebirges,… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Carrion — Car ri*on, n. [OE. caroyne, OF. caroigne, F. charogne, LL. caronia, fr. L. caro flesh Cf. {Crone}, {Crony}.] 1. The dead and putrefying body or flesh of an animal; flesh so corrupted as to be unfit for food. [1913 Webster] They did eat the dead… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • carrion — index body (person), corpse Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

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