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. [F. carcasse, fr. It. carcassa]
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car·cass (kahrґkəs) [Fr. carcasse] a dead body; generally applied to other than a human body.Medical dictionary. 2011.