n. [ OE. caroyne, OF. caroigne, F. charogne, LL. caronia, fr. L. caro flesh Cf. Crone, Crony. ]
They did eat the dead carrions. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Of or pertaining to dead and putrefying carcasses; feeding on carrion. [ 1913 Webster ]
A prey for carrion kites. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Carrion beetle (Zool.),
Carrion buzzard (Zool.),
Carrion crow,