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carcass noun [ ˈkɑːkəs ]

• the dead body of an animal.
• "she saw the mud-covered carcass of a sheep"
Similar: corpse, cadaver, dead body, body, remains, skeleton, relics, stiff, corse,
Origin: Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French carcois, variant of Old French charcois ; in later use from French carcasse ; of unknown ultimate origin.


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