corpse

Roget category 362

3. Words relating to matter
› 3.3. Organic matter
›› 3.3.1. Vitality

#362. Corpse

noun

corpse, corse^†, carcass, cadaver, bones, skeleton, dry bones — defunct, relics, reliquiae [Lat.], remains, mortal remains, dust, ashes, earth, clay — mummy — carrion — food for worms, food for fishes — tenement of clay this mortal coil.
shade, ghost, manes.
organic remains, fossils.

adjective

cadaverous, corpse-like — unburied etc. 363 — sapromyiophyllous^†.

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