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The dead and putrefying body or flesh of an animal; flesh so corrupted as to be unfit for food.
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Of or pertaining to dead and putrefying carcasses; feeding on carrion.
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The decaying flesh of a dead body, esp. when regarded as food for scavenging animals (Guralnik 1970)
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Dead animal, such as road kill. Many birds eat parts of dead animals.
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the decaying flesh from a dead animal.
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the dead and rotting body of an animal
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Dead animals. Some animals, such as crows and vultures, eat carrion. This is important since they help "clean up" this dead material.
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An animal or bird that is dead.
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The flesh of an animal that is already dead. Carrion provides food for many scavengers, from insects to black bears.
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the remains of a dead animal
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The flesh of an animal that is alr...
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is the body of a dead animal.
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Dead and rotting animal flesh.
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the dead, decomposing flesh of an animal
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decaying flesh of a dead animal.
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(carry on) -dead and decayed flesh.
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dead and rotten flesh
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n. Dead and putrefying flesh.
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dead animals that are found and eaten by other animals
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The flesh of a dead animal, which is eaten by carnivores or scavengers.
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dead and decaying flesh
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the rotting flesh of a dead animal
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dead, decaying animal matter.
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Carrion is the carcass of a dead animal that becomes food for other scavenging animals such as hyenas, vultures, Tasmanian Devils, Blue tongued skinks or Andean and Californian condors. Carrion is an important food source for large carnivores and omnivores in most ecosystems.
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