Look up: scavenger

1. scavenger
   An organism that feeds upon dead and dying organisms.
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2. Scavenger
   Scavengers are animals that eat dead animals that they did not kill themselves. Most meat-eaters are scavengers. Hyenas are modern-day scavengers.
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3. Scavenger
   An organism that feeds on dead or decomposing animals or macrophytes
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4. Scavenger
   An animal that feeds on dead plants and animals, on decaying matter, or on animal faeces.
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5. scavenger
   [n] - a chemical agent that is added to a chemical mixture to counteract the effects of impurities 2. [n] - any animal that feeds on refuse and other decaying organic matter
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6. scavenger
   A substance that reacts with (or otherwise removes) a trace component (as in the scavenging of trace metal ions) or traps a reactive reaction intermediate. IUPAC COMPENDIUM (1987). See also inhibition.
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7. scavenger
   one who participates in the uncontrolled removal of materials at any point in the solid waste stream Category: Environment • Chemical additive that removes or inactivates impurities or undesired materials in a mixture or process.(1)When tetraethyl or tetramethyl lead are added to gasolin...
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8. Scavenger
   Scav'en·ger noun [ Middle English scavager an officer with various duties, originally attending to scavage , from Middle English & English scavage . See Scavage , Show , v. ] A person whose em...
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9. scavenger
   An animal (such as a vulture or coyote) that eats carcasses abandoned by predators, digs through trash cans for food, etc., true scavengers seldom kill their own prey (but many animals are not exclusively scavengers). ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
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10. scavenger
    noun any animal that feeds on refuse and other decaying organic matter
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11. scavenger
    noun a chemical agent that is added to a chemical mixture to counteract the effects of impurities
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12. 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.
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13. 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]
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14. 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.
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15. SCAVENGER
    An animal that eats dead remains and wastes of other animals and plants (cf. coprophage, necrophage, saprophage).
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16. scavenger
    an additive incorporated in an insulating liquid to react with ionic components resulting from its degradation
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17. Scavenger
    `Scavenging` is both a carnivorous and herbivorous feeding behavior in which individual scavengers search out dead animal (corpses or carrion) and dead plant biomass on which to feed. The eating of carrion from the same species is referred to as cannibalism. Scavengers play an important role in the ...
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18. Scavenger
    (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: References:
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19. Scavenger
    (comics) The `Scavenger` is the name of two DC Comics supervillains, with no known connections. The first Scavenger was an Aquaman villain who debuted in Aquaman vol. 2 #37 (January 1968), and was created by Henry Boltinoff and Nick Cardy. The second Scavenger first appeared in Supe...
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20. Scavenger
    (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 combi...
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