roadkill
Noun
Meaning
the dead body of an animal that has been killed on a road by a vehicle
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vultures usually feed on carrion or roadkill
Armadillos (mainly Dasypus) are common roadkill due to their habit of jumping 3-4 ft vertically when startled, which puts them into collision with the underside of vehicles.
Devils have often been victims of roadkill when they are retrieving other roadkill.
A piece of roadkill is used to lure Graham away from the holding pen's gates so they can be closed and secured once he's all the way inside.
And he said he was going to resort to telling people her Shrimp Burgers were made with roadkill.
I think you hit the nail on the head when you wrote that it’s not often you find a book for children about roadkill, and that it’s even less often that you find one uses that the topic of roadkill as a way to explore death and compassion.