n.

1. The dead body of an animal, especially one slaughtered for food.
2. The body of a human.
3. Remains from which the substance or character is gone: the carcass of a once glorious empire.
4. A framework or basic structure: the carcass of a burned-out building.

[Middle English carcas, from Anglo-Norman carcais and Medieval Latin carcasium.]

car・cass, car・case

━━ n. （獣の）死体; 残骸(がい); 骨組み; （人の）体.

Carcass of 37000-year-old baby mammoth arrives in Japan for study
The Canadian Press -
TOKYO - The frozen carcass of a 37000-year-old baby mammoth unearthed this summer in Siberia arrived in Japan on Saturday for tests that researchers hope ...


A Land of Camel Milk and Honey
By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF
In the north of the carcass of Somalia is the breakaway would-be nation of Somaliland, and it is a remarkable success — for a country that doesn’t exist.