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   scavenger

   /ˈskav(ɪ)n(d)ʒə/

   noun

   • 1. an animal that feeds on carrion, dead plant material, or refuse: "carcasses are usually quickly disposed of by scavengers"
   • 2. a person who searches for and collects discarded items: "a reputation as a scavenger of discarded odds and ends"
   • 3. a person employed to clean the streets. archaic
   • 4. a substance that reacts with and removes particular molecules, groups, etc.: "4-aminosalicylic acid is not an effective free radical scavenger"

   Word Origin mid 16th century: alteration of earlier scavager, from Anglo-Norman French scawager, from Old Northern French escauwer ‘inspect’, from Flemish scauwen ‘to show’. The term originally denoted an officer who collected scavage, a toll on foreign merchants' goods offered for sale in a town, later a person who kept the streets clean.

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   • 1. scavengery noun

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   What does scavenger mean?

   • Scavenger is an alteration of the earlier scavager, itself from Anglo-French scawageour, meaning "collector of scavage." In medieval times, scavage was a tax levied by towns and cities on goods put up for sale by nonresidents in order to provide resident merchants with a competitive advantage.

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   What is a scavenger animal?

   • a street cleaner. Chemistry. a chemical that consumes or renders inactive the impurities in a mixture. 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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   What is a scavenger hunt?

   • 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. In Virginia Beach, one arts-and-culture hub put on a scavenger hunt to draw people to the shopping corridor.

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   What is an example of a scavenger?

   • Excreta of insets also enrich the soil. Examples- Beetles, Ants, Cut-worms, Larvae of flies, Crickets, Termites, Wasps etc Scavengers: Insects which feed on dead and decaying matter of plants and animals are called as scavengers. Insects (scavengers and decomposers) help in the biochemical cycling of the nutrients.

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   A scavenger is someone or something that scavenges, such as a person who collects discarded items or an organism that feeds on dead matter. Learn the origin, history, and examples of the word scavenger from Merriam-Webster, America's largest dictionary.

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   A scavenger is an animal, bird, or person who feeds on dead animals or things that people have thrown away. Learn more about the meaning, pronunciation, and usage of scavenger with examples from the Cambridge Dictionary.

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   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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   In fact, anything or anybody searching for and collecting what others have tossed away is a scavenger. Originally the Middle English word skavager referred to a customs collector who collected scavage, or a toll on foreign goods brought in to sell.

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   A scavenger is an animal, a person, or a chemical agent that feeds on or removes impurities from dead or decaying matter. Learn more about the origin, synonyms, and translations of the word scavenger from various sources.

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   A scavenger is a person or animal that collects or eats discarded or decaying things. Learn more about the word origin, synonyms, pronunciation, and usage of scavenger from Collins English Dictionary.

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   A scavenger is an animal, a bird or a person that scavenges, which means to look for and eat food that others have left behind. Learn how to pronounce, use and collocate this word with the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.