Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) The dead and putrefying flesh of an animal; flesh so corrupted as to be unfit for food. 2. (n.) A contemptible or worthless person; -- a term of reproach. 3. (a.) of or pertaining to dead and putrefying carcasses; feeding on carrion.

Multi-Version Concordance Carrion (3 Occurrences) Leviticus 11:18 and the swan, and the pelican, and the carrion vulture, (DBY JPS NAS RSV) Deuteronomy 14:17 and the pelican, and the carrion vulture, and the gannet, (DBY JPS NAS RSV) Ezekiel 39:4 You shall fall on the mountains of Israel, you, and all your hordes, and the peoples who are with you: I will give you to the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the animals of the field to be devoured. (See NIV)