carrion

dead and decaying flesh of an animal
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carrion

Summary

carrion ranks in the top 0.44% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,467 views/month, #339 of 77,819).[1]

Key Facts

  • carrion is a type of flesh[2].
  • carrion is a type of dead organic matter[3].
  • carrion is part of animal cadaver[4].
  • carrion's Commons category is recorded as Carrion[5].
  • carrion's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[6].
  • carrion's has characteristic is recorded as decomposition[7].
  • carrion's different from is recorded as Carrion[8].
  • carrion's different from is recorded as slaughter[9].
  • carrion's different from is recorded as Q96418019[10].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include flesh[2] and dead organic matter[3].

Use and Application

carrion is part of animal cadaver[4].

Influence

Things named for carrion include vulture bee[11], an organisms known by a particular common name[12].

Why It Matters

carrion ranks in the top 0.44% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,467 views/month, #339 of 77,819).[1] carrion has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] carrion is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

Entities named for carrion include vulture bee[11], an organisms known by a particular common name[12].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [11] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [12] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Verbaalpina id C7792
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P10381]]: C7792, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1786955435161"
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