carrion

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Forbidden to you is carrion, that is, the consumption of it, and blood, that is, what has been spilt and the flesh of swine,

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  1. noun Dead and decaying flesh.
  2. adjective Of or similar to dead and decaying flesh.
  3. adjective Feeding on such flesh.

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  • Peter gave the signal, and the carrion was cast overboard. —  Peter Pan
  • Forbidden to you is carrion, that is, the consumption of it, and blood, that is, what has been spilt and the flesh of swine, —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • The Quran says that: Forbidden to you is carrion, that is, the consumption of it, and blood, that is, what has been spilt and the flesh of swine. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • "No. Get a detail to clear out the carrion, and then tell Frater Vincent I want to talk to him. —  Despoilers of the Golden Empire
  • The wolves will come down to prey upon the carrion, and it is hard if you do not kill your couple during the night, and then you are rewarded by the commune. —  Olla Podrida
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  1. Middle English careine, from Anglo-Norman, from Vulgar Latin *carōnia, from Latin carō, flesh; see sker-1 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English carion, caryon, also caroin, caroyne, careyne, carayne, caraigne, caren, etc., from Old French caroigne, charoigne, carongne, French carogne = Provencal caronha = Spanish carroña = Italian carogna, from Middle Latin caronia, a carcass, from Latin caro, flesh: see carnal.
 

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