decaying flesh (noun)

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• flesh — noun 1 soft part of sb s body ADJECTIVE ▪ firm, smooth, soft, tender ▪ pale, pink, white ▪ bare …   Collocations dictionary

• flesh fly — noun fly whose larvae feed on carrion or the flesh of living animals • Syn: ↑Sarcophaga carnaria • Hypernyms: ↑fly • Member Holonyms: ↑Sarcophaga, ↑genus Sarcophaga * * * noun …   Useful english dictionary

• carrion — noun the decaying flesh of dead animals. Origin ME: from Anglo Norman Fr. and Old North. Fr. caroine, caroigne, OFr. charoigne, based on L. caro flesh …   English new terms dictionary

• necrophage — noun An organism that eats dead or decaying flesh. Syn: scavenger See Also: necrophagous, necrophagy …   Wiktionary

• Phallus ravenelii — noun this stinkhorn has a cap with a granulose surface at the apex and smells like decaying flesh • Hypernyms: ↑stinkhorn, ↑carrion fungus • Member Holonyms: ↑Phallus, ↑genus Phallus …   Useful english dictionary

• carrion fly — noun : a fly that lays its eggs in decaying flesh; specifically : a widespread and destructive blowfly (Phormia terrae novae) …   Useful english dictionary

• car|ri|on — «KAR ee uhn», noun, adjective. –n. 1. dead and decaying flesh: »Some crows feed largely on carrion. 2. Figurative. rottenness; filth; garbage. –adj. 1. dead and decaying. 2. feeding on dead and decaying flesh: »a ca …   Useful english dictionary

• carrion — ► NOUN ▪ the decaying flesh of dead animals. ORIGIN Old French caroine, charoigne, from Latin caro flesh …   English terms dictionary

• carrion — car|ri|on [ keriən ] noun uncount the decaying flesh of dead animals …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• carrion — UK [ˈkærɪən] / US [ˈkerɪən] noun [uncountable] the decaying flesh of dead animals …   English dictionary

• putrid — /ˈpjutrəd / (say pyoohtruhd) adjective 1. in a state of foul decay or decomposition, as animal or vegetable matter; rotten. 2. attended with or relating to putrefaction. 3. having the smell of decaying flesh. 4. thoroughly corrupt, depraved, or… …