Carcass has 2 different meanings across 1 category:
Noun
Noun
1
the dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food
"The butcher carefully cleaned the steer's carcass before hanging it in the cool room."
2
The body of a dead animal.
"The hawks circled high above, waiting for the coyotes to finish tearing apart the deer carcass near the creek."
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Origin
The word carcass comes from the Anglo-Norman carcois, meaning a dead body. It is related to the Old French charcois and modern French carcasse.