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carrion

ke ree uhn

  • n  the dead and rotting body of an animal; unfit for human food

  • McCord and Witheridge point out that workers in horribly smelly places (such as glue factories) eat hearty meals while surrounded by putrefying carrion, but visitors in such .
  • Sheep (probably carrion), 8% Beechnuts, 6% Corn, 6% Persimmons, apples, pears, 4% In only one fox stomach were found quail remains; small, nongame birds were in only six.
  • The image presaged no celebration: a child barely alive, a vulture so eager for carrion.
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