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7 letters · 11 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun the dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food
originDated from the late 13th Century C.E.; from Anglo-Norman carcois, possibly related to Old French charcois. Cognate with French carcasse. But cf. also Avestan 𐬐𐬀𐬵𐬭𐬐𐬁𐬯𐬀 (kahrkās, “vulture”), and Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (klkʾs /kargās/, “vulture”), whence Persian کرکس (karkas, “vulture”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0