Look up: scavenger


  1. scavenger
    An organism that feeds upon dead and dying organisms.
    Found op http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/gloss5ecol.html

  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.
    Found op http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/dinosaurs/glossary/

  3. Scavenger
    An organism that feeds on dead or decomposing animals or macrophytes
    Found op http://life.bio.sunysb.edu/marinebio/glossary.rs.html

  4. Scavenger
    An animal that feeds on dead plants and animals, on decaying matter, or on animal faeces.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contributions.php

  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
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=scavenger

  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.
    Found op http://www.chem.qmul.ac.uk/iupac/gtpoc/SaSp.html

  7. 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...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/28

  8. 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) ...
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?scavenger

  9. scavenger
    noun any animal that feeds on refuse and other decaying organic matter
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=scavenger

  10. scavenger
    noun a chemical agent that is added to a chemical mixture to counteract the effects of impurities
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=scavenger



  1. 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/

  2. 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

  3. Scavenger
    [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)

  4. 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 com...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scavenger_(Transformers)

  5. 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: ...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scavenger_(chemistry)

  6. Scavenger
    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

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. scavenger
    animal that feeds on dead or decaying food
    Found op http://www.windowsintowonderland.org/eobe/glossary.shtml

  11. 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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