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scavenger
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Scavenger
• (v.) A person whose employment is to clean the streets of a city, by scraping or sweeping, and carrying off the filth. The name is also applied to any animal which devours refuse, carrion, or anything injurious to health. Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/scavenger/
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scavenger
animal that feeds partly or wholly on the bodies of dead animals. Many invertebrates, such as carrion beetles, live almost entirely on decomposing ... [4 related articles] Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/40
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[disambiguation] Scavenger or scavenging can refer to: ==Science and technology== ==Film, television, and games== ==Music== ==Military== ==Other== ... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scavenger_(disambiguation)
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[Transformers] Scavenger is the name of several fictional characters in the Transformers universes. Scavenger is usually depicted as a villain who turns into a construction vehicle. ==Transformers: Generation 1== Scavenger is a member of the Constructicons who turns into an excavator. He com... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scavenger_(Transformers)
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[chemistry] A scavenger in chemistry is a chemical substance added to a mixture in order to remove or inactivate impurities or unwanted reaction products. Their use is wide-ranged: ... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scavenger_(chemistry)
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Scavenging is both a carnivorous and herbivorous feeding behavior in which the scavenger feeds on dead and decaying organic matter present in its habitat. The eating of carrion from the same species is referred to as cannibalism. Scavengers play an important role in the ecosystem by consuming the d... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scavenger
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Scavenger
Heterotrophic organism that mainly consumes dead animals or the parts of dead animals for food. These organisms do not kill their food. Examples of carnivores include flies, various species of vultures, crabs, and hyenas. Also see herbivore, detritivore, omnivore, and carnivore. Found op http://www.physicalgeography.net/physgeoglos/s.html
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SCAVENGER
An animal that eats dead remains and wastes of other animals and plants (cf. coprophage, necrophage, saprophage). Found op http://www.cancaver.ca/docs/glossary.htm
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scavenger
an additive incorporated in an insulating liquid to react with ionic components resulting from its degradation Found op http://www.electropedia.org/iev/iev.nsf/display?openform&ievref=212-07-15
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scavenger
animal that feeds on dead or decaying food Found op http://www.windowsintowonderland.org/eobe/glossary.shtml
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scavenger
1) An organism that feeds upon dead and dying organisms 2) Chemical agent Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/scavenger/1
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