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Definition of Carcass
1. Noun. The dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food.
Definition of Carcass
1. n. A dead body, whether of man or beast; a corpse; now commonly the dead body of a beast.
Definition of Carcass
1. Noun. (body Body) of a dead animal. ¹
2. Noun. Body of a dead human. ¹
3. Noun. (framework Framework) of a structure, especially one not normally seen. ¹
4. Noun. (nautical) An early incendiary ship-to-ship projectile consisting of an iron shell filled with saltpetre, sulphur, resin, turpentine, antimony and tallow with vents for flame. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Carcass
1. the body of a dead animal [n -ES]
Medical Definition of Carcass
1. The body of a dead animal; in reference to animals used for human food, the body after the hide, head, tail, extremities, and viscera have been removed. Origin: F. Carcasse, fr. It. Carcassa (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Carcass
Literary usage of Carcass
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. London by Charles Knight (1851)
"They prefer purchasing from the carcass butchers, who kill to a large extent.
The carcass butchers arc to be found principally in Warwick Lane, ..."
2. Computers and Information Technologies in Agricultural Production and edited by Karl Schneider (1998)
"49-J82 Evaluation of ultrasonic estimates of carcass fat thickness and longissimus
... Differences between ultrasonic and actual carcass measures were ..."
3. Text-book of Meat Hygiene: With Special Consideration of Antemortem and by Richard Heinrich Edelmann (1919)
"(b) A thin carcass showing well-marked lesions in the viscera with only slight
lesions elsewhere or showing well-marked lesions in the skeletal lymph glands ..."
4. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1874)
"The immense carcass is brought underneath some elaborate tackle rigged on board.
... When every bit of the carcass has been stripped of blubber, ..."
5. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1889)
"weight of its carcass exceeds that of a buffalo's, while the mi better. Such a
carcass lias been known to weigh h as 1100 pounds net. ..."
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