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Date: 1200-1300
Language: Anglo-French
Origin: caroine, from Vulgar Latin caronia, from Latin caro; CARNAL

carrion

 noun
     
car‧ri‧on [uncountable]
the decaying flesh of dead animals, which is eaten by some animals and birds
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