Carcass
noun
The dead body of an animal.
The carcass of a dead deer sat by the side of the road.
Often appears as...
- rotting carcass
- animal carcass
noun
The basic structure of something.
The building was just a concrete carcass after the fire.
Often appears as...
- building carcass
- carcass of something
noun
The dead body of an animal.
The carcass of a dead deer sat by the side of the road.
Often appears as...
- rotting carcass
- animal carcass
noun
The basic structure of something.
The building was just a concrete carcass after the fire.
Often appears as...
- building carcass
- carcass of something
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Pro Tip 1/3Morbid Context
Carcass is often used in contexts associated with death or the aftermath of hunting.
Vultures circled above the carcass, waiting to feed.
Pro Tip 2/3Not for Humans
Unlike 'corpse' or 'body', 'carcass' is typically not used for human remains.
Farmers found the carcass of a sheep, not a person.
Pro Tip 3/3Food Industry Term
'Carcass' can also refer to the body of an animal when discussing meat production.
The butcher examined the beef carcass before processing.
Pro Tip 1/3Morbid Context
Carcass is often used in contexts associated with death or the aftermath of hunting.
Vultures circled above the carcass, waiting to feed.
Pro Tip 2/3Not for Humans
Unlike 'corpse' or 'body', 'carcass' is typically not used for human remains.
Farmers found the carcass of a sheep, not a person.
Pro Tip 3/3Food Industry Term
'Carcass' can also refer to the body of an animal when discussing meat production.
The butcher examined the beef carcass before processing.
Pro Tip 1/3Morbid Context
Carcass is often used in contexts associated with death or the aftermath of hunting.
Vultures circled above the carcass, waiting to feed.
Pro Tip 2/3Not for Humans
Unlike 'corpse' or 'body', 'carcass' is typically not used for human remains.
Farmers found the carcass of a sheep, not a person.
Pro Tip 3/3Food Industry Term
'Carcass' can also refer to the body of an animal when discussing meat production.
The butcher examined the beef carcass before processing.
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Video examples
Filming Lions Hunting...
rangers who we spoke to because we're speaking to all different sorts of people you know from scientists to like i said safari rangers and he mentioned that in the morning when they took out their tourists in the car they would see an elephant carcass with lions all around it and they could hear them at night but no one had been out at night
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Vultures: The...
But the sight of their fellow vultures guides them to the feeding. Their featherless heads help them regulate the sudden rise in temperature as they descend— and keep them clean as they tear into the decaying gazelle. The carcass is stripped clean in hours, well before the rotting meat infects the water supply.
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Chasing the Rare Snow...
that is peculiar to this place is that there are just so many vultures around. But the leopard has to continually protect its prey during the daytime or else it will be destroyed. Once the vultures come down, they they just demolish a huge carcass in a very short space of time. The leopard was being
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The Astronaut of the...
well in the deep ocean there's not a lot of food so when a whale carcass sinks down into the depths it's like this feeding bonanza basically and it draws all these animals towards it and it goes through various stages during the decades that it will be there
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Pumas learn to share PIPE...
sometimes the carcass to other animals so every kill the apuma makes it serves as a food for foxes for caracaras for many other scavengers is very very important for the whole ecosystem that the pumas are here and the population here is
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Bryce Dallas Howard: How...
When I blanked at my first piano recital and ran offstage crying, my mom insisted I stay and support my peers. Years later, when my son grimaced at a chipmunk carcass, our cat had left in the driveway,
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Orcas Kill, But Not Just...
of pups, which had been taken by Orca. They had very definitive bite marks from the Orca on them and they had been killed, but not eaten. Otherwise, the carcass was completely perfect.
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Hyenas Fight Leopard for...
carcass even bones they've even been known to raid graves but hyenas are actually adept pack hunters led by a fierce alpha female which means this warthog is doomed
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The Blue Planet...
sharks hagfish and a whole succession of different deep sea scavengers will feast on the carcass for years before all its nutriment has gone
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Chimpanzee Cannibalism PIPE...
The carcass is shared between members of the group and eaten. Killing a competitor makes sense if you want to protect your food supply.
Video examples
Filming Lions Hunting...
rangers who we spoke to because we're speaking to all different sorts of people you know from scientists to like i said safari rangers and he mentioned that in the morning when they took out their tourists in the car they would see an elephant carcass with lions all around it and they could hear them at night but no one had been out at night
Video examples
Vultures: The...
But the sight of their fellow vultures guides them to the feeding. Their featherless heads help them regulate the sudden rise in temperature as they descend— and keep them clean as they tear into the decaying gazelle. The carcass is stripped clean in hours, well before the rotting meat infects the water supply.
Video examples
Chasing the Rare Snow...
that is peculiar to this place is that there are just so many vultures around. But the leopard has to continually protect its prey during the daytime or else it will be destroyed. Once the vultures come down, they they just demolish a huge carcass in a very short space of time. The leopard was being
Video examples
The Astronaut of the...
well in the deep ocean there's not a lot of food so when a whale carcass sinks down into the depths it's like this feeding bonanza basically and it draws all these animals towards it and it goes through various stages during the decades that it will be there
Video examples
Pumas learn to share PIPE...
sometimes the carcass to other animals so every kill the apuma makes it serves as a food for foxes for caracaras for many other scavengers is very very important for the whole ecosystem that the pumas are here and the population here is
Video examples
Bryce Dallas Howard: How...
When I blanked at my first piano recital and ran offstage crying, my mom insisted I stay and support my peers. Years later, when my son grimaced at a chipmunk carcass, our cat had left in the driveway,
Video examples
Orcas Kill, But Not Just...
of pups, which had been taken by Orca. They had very definitive bite marks from the Orca on them and they had been killed, but not eaten. Otherwise, the carcass was completely perfect.
Video examples
Hyenas Fight Leopard for...
carcass even bones they've even been known to raid graves but hyenas are actually adept pack hunters led by a fierce alpha female which means this warthog is doomed
Video examples
The Blue Planet...
sharks hagfish and a whole succession of different deep sea scavengers will feast on the carcass for years before all its nutriment has gone
Video examples
Chimpanzee Cannibalism PIPE...
The carcass is shared between members of the group and eaten. Killing a competitor makes sense if you want to protect your food supply.
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Quote examples
Sergio Marchionne
Italian Businessman
When I was young and foolish, and I had no money, I bought myself the carcass of a Jaguar E-Type. It was a rust bucket. I spent all my university savings trying to fix the car. I never did, and I finally sold it to recover at least part of my investment.
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Karl Marx
German Philosopher
We should not say that one man's hour is worth another man's hour, but rather that one man during an hour is worth just as much as another man during an hour. Time is everything, man is nothing: he is at the most time's carcass.
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Rhett McLaughlin
American Entertainer
In rural North Carolina, you can get lots of great advice about how to clean and quarter a deer carcass, but we didn't really have anyone to ask for video advice, so we just kept learning through trial and error.
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Greg Ginn
Musician
We're not good at propping up old carcasses. We want to be on top of what's vital at any particular time, and not just hold onto something because it has a name.
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Matt Taibbi
American Author
Wall Street has turned the economy into a giant asset-stripping scheme, one whose purpose is to suck the last bits of meat from the carcass of the middle class.
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Elizabeth I
English Royalty
I find that I sent wolves not shepherds to govern Ireland, for they have left me nothing but ashes and carcasses to reign over!
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Amos Bronson Alcott
American Educator
A government, for protecting business only, is but a carcass, and soon falls by its own corruption and decay.
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Jane Velez-Mitchell
American Journalist
I would much rather devour a piece of well-seasoned squash than a slice of an animal's rotting carcass.
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Michel de Montaigne
French Philosopher
The world is all a carcass and vanity, The shadow of a shadow, a play And in one word, just nothing.
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Christian Serratos
American Actress
I've always been opposed to slaughtering, eating, and wearing carcasses.
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Sergio Marchionne
Italian Businessman
When I was young and foolish, and I had no money, I bought myself the carcass of a Jaguar E-Type. It was a rust bucket. I spent all my university savings trying to fix the car. I never did, and I finally sold it to recover at least part of my investment.
Quote examples
Karl Marx
German Philosopher
We should not say that one man's hour is worth another man's hour, but rather that one man during an hour is worth just as much as another man during an hour. Time is everything, man is nothing: he is at the most time's carcass.
Quote examples
Rhett McLaughlin
American Entertainer
In rural North Carolina, you can get lots of great advice about how to clean and quarter a deer carcass, but we didn't really have anyone to ask for video advice, so we just kept learning through trial and error.
Quote examples
Greg Ginn
Musician
We're not good at propping up old carcasses. We want to be on top of what's vital at any particular time, and not just hold onto something because it has a name.
Quote examples
Matt Taibbi
American Author
Wall Street has turned the economy into a giant asset-stripping scheme, one whose purpose is to suck the last bits of meat from the carcass of the middle class.
Quote examples
Elizabeth I
English Royalty
I find that I sent wolves not shepherds to govern Ireland, for they have left me nothing but ashes and carcasses to reign over!
Quote examples
Amos Bronson Alcott
American Educator
A government, for protecting business only, is but a carcass, and soon falls by its own corruption and decay.
Quote examples
Jane Velez-Mitchell
American Journalist
I would much rather devour a piece of well-seasoned squash than a slice of an animal's rotting carcass.
Quote examples
Michel de Montaigne
French Philosopher
The world is all a carcass and vanity, The shadow of a shadow, a play And in one word, just nothing.
Quote examples
Christian Serratos
American Actress
I've always been opposed to slaughtering, eating, and wearing carcasses.
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