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scavenger

[ skav-in-jer ]

noun

  1. an animal or other organism that feeds on dead organic matter.
  2. a person who searches through and collects items from discarded material.
  3. a street cleaner.
  4. Chemistry. a chemical that consumes or renders inactive the impurities in a mixture.


scavenger

/ 藞蝉办忙惫瑟苍诲萧蓹 /

noun

  1. a person who collects things discarded by others
  2. any animal that feeds on decaying organic matter, esp on refuse
  3. a substance added to a chemical reaction or mixture to counteract the effect of impurities
  4. a person employed to clean the streets
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

scavenger

  1. An animal that feeds on dead organisms, especially a carnivorous animal that eats dead animals rather than or in addition to hunting live prey. Vultures, hyenas, and wolves are scavengers.
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Derived Forms

  • 藞蝉肠补惫别苍驳别谤测, noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of scavenger1

1520鈥30; earlier scavager < Anglo-French scawageour, equivalent to ( e ) scawage inspection ( escaw ( er ) to inspect < Middle Dutch schauwen to look at (cognate with show ) + -age -age ) + -eour -or 2
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of scavenger1

C16: from Anglo-Norman scawager, from Old Norman French escauwage examination, from escauwer to scrutinize, of Germanic origin; related to Flemish scauwen
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鈥淟ike most things in the city, we have divided them into silos, and people who come through our doors saying 鈥業 need help鈥 are then given a scavenger hunt to perform,鈥 Hale said.

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Trump also chided our international allies, calling some of them 鈥渇oreign cheaters鈥 and 鈥渟cavengers鈥 who ripped off and 鈥渂rutalized鈥 Americans for 50 years.

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Condors are scavengers and play a crucial role in the ecosystem by feeding on dead animals, preventing rotting carcasses from accumulating and helping stop the spread of disease.

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Mealworms are Nature's scavengers and decomposers, able to survive up to eight months without food or water, and happy to eat their own kind when food is scarce.

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As scavengers, vultures always look for the next carcass.

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