All carrion synonyms
car·ri·on
C c noun carrion
- body — Your body is all your physical parts, including your head, arms, and legs.
- remains — to continue in the same state; continue to be as specified: to remain at peace.
- corpse — A corpse is a dead body, especially the body of a human being.
- flesh — the soft substance of a human or other animal body, consisting of muscle and fat.
- meat — the flesh of animals as used for food.
- tissue — Biology. an aggregate of similar cells and cell products forming a definite kind of structural material with a specific function, in a multicellular organism.
- muscle — a tissue composed of cells or fibers, the contraction of which produces movement in the body.
- sinew — a tendon.
- guts — the alimentary canal, especially between the pylorus and the anus, or some portion of it. Compare foregut, midgut, hindgut.
adjective carrion
- putrescent — becoming putrid; undergoing putrefaction.
- overripe — too ripe; more than ripe: overripe tomatoes.
- carious — (of teeth or bone) affected with caries; decayed
- decayed — having rotted as a result of bacterial, fungal, or chemical action; decomposed
- gangrenous — necrosis or death of soft tissue due to obstructed circulation, usually followed by decomposition and putrefaction.