carcass
/ˈkɑːkəs/noun
उच्चारण कार्कस
शव (पशु का), लाश
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the dead body of an animal, especially of a large one or of one that is ready for cutting up as meat
शव (पशु का), लाश
- Vultures fed on the carcass.
- Forest officers found the carcass of a deer near the river.
- The butcher hung the carcass in the cold room.
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- A tiger had left the carcass of a buffalo near the stream.
- Crows gathered around the carcass by the roadside.
AaSpelling
car·cass
?Which word?
Keep the dead-body words together: carcass, corpse, cadaver, remains, mummy (a preserved body).
शव के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: carcass, corpse, cadaver, remains, mummy (संरक्षित शव)।
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One-word substitution
The dead body of an animal is a carcass; of a human a corpse or cadaver; an animal that eats dead animals a scavenger (vultures, hyenas).
जानवर का शव carcass; मनुष्य का corpse या cadaver; मरे जानवर खाने वाला जीव scavenger (गिद्ध, लकड़बग्घे)।
General knowledge
India's vulture population fell sharply in the 1990s because cattle carcasses contained diclofenac, a painkiller now banned for veterinary use.
1990 के दशक में भारत में गिद्धों की संख्या तेज़ी से घटी क्योंकि पशु-शवों में diclofenac था, एक दर्दनाशक जो अब पशु-चिकित्सा में प्रतिबंधित है।