scavenger

scav·en·ger  (skvn-jr)

n.

1. One that scavenges, as a person who searches through refuse for food.

2. An animal, such as a bird or insect, that feeds on dead or decaying matter.

3. Chemistry A substance added to a mixture to remove or inactivate impurities.

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[Alteration of Middle English scauager, schavager, official charged with street maintenance, from Anglo-Norman scawager, toll collector, from scawage, a tax on the goods of foreign merchants, from Flemish scauwen, to look at, show.]

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scavenger

Noun

1. a person who collects things discarded by others

2. any animal that feeds on discarded or decaying matter [Old French escauwer to scrutinize]

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scavenger  (skvn-jr)

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.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	scavenger - a chemical agent that is added to a chemical mixture to counteract the effects of impurities chemical agent - an agent that produces chemical reactions
	2.	scavenger - someone who collects things that have been discarded by others pack rat, magpie hoarder - a person who accumulates things and hides them away for future use
	3.	scavenger - any animal that feeds on refuse and other decaying organic matter animal, animate being, beast, creature, fauna, brute - a living organism characterized by voluntary movement bottom-feeder - a scavenger that feeds low on the food chain

Translations

scavenger [ˈskævɪndʒəʳ] n (person) → mendigo/a que rebusca en la basura;

(ZOOL) (animal) → animal m de carroña: (bird) → ave f de carroña

scavenger [ˈskævəndʒəʳ] n → éboueur m

scavenger [ˈskævəndʒəʳ] scavenge n (person) → Aasgeier m (inf);

(animal, bird) → Aasfresser m

scavenger [ˈskævəndʒəʳ] n → spazzino