The Collaborative International Dictionary
Carrion \Car"ri*on\, a. Of or pertaining to dead and putrefying carcasses; feeding on carrion.
A prey for carrion kites.
--Shak.
Carrion beetle (Zo["o]l.), any beetle that feeds habitually on dead animals; -- also called sexton beetle and burying beetle. There are many kinds, belonging mostly to the family Silphid[ae].
Carrion buzzard (Zo["o]l.), a South American bird of several species and genera (as Ibycter, Milvago, and Polyborus), which act as scavengers. See Caracara.
Carrion crow, the common European crow ( Corvus corone) which feeds on carrion, insects, fruits, and seeds.
Usage examples of "carrion buzzard".
Meg did not even need the omen of the red-throated carrion buzzard wheeling lazily ever and ever about the horrid altar of Slakes.
But others felt that his existence was justified because he did kill an extraordinary number of wolves--Like a carrion buzzard, he helps clear away the refuse of this town.