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car·ri·on
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carrion beetle
any beetle of the family Silphidae that track carrion by a keen sense of smell -
carrion crow
a common predatory and scavenging European crow, Corvus corone, similar to the rook but having a pure black bill -
carrion flower
a liliaceous climbing plant, Smilax herbacea of E North America, whose small green flowers smell like decaying flesh -
black kite
a bird of prey, Milvus migrans, found in much of Eurasia -
black vulture
the Eurasian vulture, Aegypius monachus, of the family Accipitridae -
blow fly
any of numerous dipterous insects of the family Calliphoridae that deposit their eggs or larvae on carrion, excrement, etc., or in wounds of living animals.