Carrion Carrion (), also known as a carcass, is the decaying flesh of dead animals. Overview Carrion is an important food source for large carnivores and omnivores in most ecosystems. Examples of carrion-eaters (or scavengers) include crows, vultures ...

refers to the carcass of a dead animal. Carion, Carrion or Carrión may also refer to:

Geography

* Carion, Madagascar, former name of Nandihizana *

Carrión (river) The Carrión is a river in northern Spain. Its source is in the mountain range called Fuentes Carrionas, and it is a tributary of the river Pisuerga, into which it flows just upstream from Valladolid. The entire course of the river is within t ...

, a river in Spain * Carrión de Calatrava, a municipality in central Spain * Carrión de los Céspedes, a municipality in southern Spain *

Carrión de los Condes Carrión de los Condes () is a municipality in the province of Palencia, part of the Autonomous Community of Castile and León, Spain. Situated on the River Carrión, it is 40 kilometers upstream from the provincial capital of Palencia, on the F ...

, a municipality in northern Spain

People

* Carrion (surname) * Carion the Egyptian, 4th-century Egyptian Christian monk

Animals

* Carrion beetle, a family of carnivorous beetles *

Carrion crow The carrion crow (''Corvus corone'') is a passerine bird of the family Corvidae, native to western Europe and the eastern Palearctic. Taxonomy and systematics The carrion crow was one of the many species originally described by Carl Linnaeus ...

(''Corvus corone''), a bird of western Europe and eastern Asia

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional entities

* Carrion (comics), a villain in ''Spider-Man'' comics * Carrion Road, a fictitious road associated with deaths connected to bullet smuggling, in '' The Hollow Point'' (2016)

Music

* Carrion, former name of Poltergeist (band), a Swiss power thrash metal band * "Carrion", a song from Fiona Apple's ''Tidal'' (album) * "Carrion" a song from Godflesh's ''A World Lit Only by Fire'' (album) * "Carrion" a song from Parkway Drive's '' Horizons'' album * " Carrion/Apologies to Insect Life", a song by the band ''British Sea Power'' *"Carrion", a song from Deerhunter's '' Fading Frontier'' *"Carrion", a song from Gengahr's '' Where Wildness Grows'' *"I, Carrion (Icarian)", a song from Hozier’s ''

Unreal Unearth ''Unreal Unearth'' is the third studio album by Irish musician Hozier, released on 18 August 2023. A loose concept album inspired by and drawing on themes from Dante's ''Inferno'', it contains the singles "Eat Your Young" and "Francesca", along ...

Video game

* ''Carrion'' (video game), a horror video game

Businesses

* Carrion (department store), based in Honduras, Central America