Carrion

[Sarah]

Of or pertaining to dead and putrefying carcasses; feeding oncarrion.A prey for carrion kites. Shak.Carrion beetle (Zoöl.), any beetle that feeds habitually on deadanimals; -- also called sexton beetle and burying beetle. There aremany kinds, belonging mostly to the family Silphidæ.-- Carrion buzzard (Zoöl.), a South American bird of several speciesand genera (as Ibycter, Milvago, and Polyborus), which act asscavengers. See Caracara.-- Carrion crow, the common European crow (Corvus corone) whichfeeds on carrion, insects, fruits, and seeds.

[Sarah]

1 - dead and putrefying flesh.
2 - rottenness; anything vile.

[Greta]

The decaying flesh of dead animals.

[Greta]

dead or decaying flesh