the rusting carcass of an old truck the carcass of a squirrel that had been run over
Recent Examples on the WebBeachgoers first spotted the whale on Sunday, as tides carried its bloated carcass ashore on Half Moon Bay’s Manhattan Beach. Jonah Valdez, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2022 The Revenant is more than Leo spitting, eating, and climbing into an actual carcass. Josh St. Clair, Men's Health, 23 May 2022 The coordinates for each carcass are called in, with a separate team looping back to find them in the thick forest in the afternoon and load them into body bags.Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2021 Vultures circle a cow carcass on a farm on the road to the Apyterewa territory.Washington Post, 27 July 2022 Once Schullery watched a black bear in Yellowstone spend two days encroaching on a bison carcass protected by a grizzly, only to be repeatedly chased up trees. David James, Anchorage Daily News, 16 July 2022 There's all kinds of things that want to eat a small dead carcass. Emily Schwing, Scientific American, 28 Oct. 2021 The city asks that anyone interested in obtaining a deer carcass for butchering -- and that can supply their own butcher -- contact Richmond Heights Police Chief Thomas Wetzel, at 216-383-6305, or via email at police.chief@richmondheightsohio.org.cleveland, 27 Oct. 2021 In April, foresters in Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, found three injured kangaroos and the carcass of a fourth one. Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 7 June 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Middle English carcays, from Anglo-French carcas, carkeis