(BrE also less frequent carcase) noun
the dead body of an animal, especially of a large one or of one that is ready for cutting up as meat:
vultures scavenging for carcasses on the road * She boiled up the chicken carcass (= the bones of a cooked chicken) to make soup.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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