It's an important part of the food chain, but it can also be an insult. Charognard - roughly pronounced shar-oh-neearr - is defined as a ‘scavenger’ or ‘animal that feeds on decaying matter’. You ...
du dico de l'académie française: (1)*CHAROGNARD n. m. XIXe siècle. Dérivé de charogne. Animal qui se repaît de charogne. Le vautour est un charognard. Fig. et péj. Individu qui tire profit des ...