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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Scavenger \Scav"en*ger\, n. [OE. scavager an officer with
     various duties, originally attending to scavage, fr. OE. & E.
     scavage. See Scavage, Show, 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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Scavenger beetle (Zo["o]l.), any beetle which feeds on
        decaying substances, as the carrion beetle.
  
     Scavenger crab (Zo["o]l.), any crab which feeds on dead
        animals, as the spider crab.
  
     Scavenger's daughter [corrupt. of Skevington's daughter],
        an instrument of torture invented by Sir W. Skevington,
        which so compressed the body as to force the blood to flow
        from the nostrils, and sometimes from the hands and feet.
        --Am. Cyc.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Scavenger \Scav"en*ger\, n. [OE. scavager an officer with
     various duties, originally attending to scavage, fr. OE. & E.
     scavage. See Scavage, Show, 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.
  
     Scavenger beetle (Zo["o]l.), any beetle which feeds on
        decaying substances, as the carrion beetle.
  
     Scavenger crab (Zo["o]l.), any crab which feeds on dead
        animals, as the spider crab.
  
     Scavenger's daughter [corrupt. of Skevington's daughter],
        an instrument of torture invented by Sir W. Skevington,
        which so compressed the body as to force the blood to flow
        from the nostrils, and sometimes from the hands and feet.
        --Am. Cyc.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  scavenger
       n 1: a chemical agent that is added to a chemical mixture to
            counteract the effects of impurities
       2: someone who collects things that have been discarded by
          others [syn: magpie, pack rat]
       3: any animal that feeds on refuse and other decaying organic
          matter

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  scavenger
     n.
     1 Someone who scavenges, especially one who searches through rubbish
  for food or useful things.
     2 An animal that feeds on decaying matter such as carrion.
     3 (lb en UK obsolete) A street sweeper.
     4 (lb en UK historical) A child employed to pick up loose cotton from
  the floor in a cotton mill.
     5 (lb en chemistry) A substance used to remove impurities from the
  air or from a solution.
     vb.
     1 (lb en archaic) To scavenge.
     2 (lb en archaic) To clean the rubbish from a street, etc.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  scavenger
     n.
     1 Someone who scavenges, especially one who searches through rubbish
  for food or useful things.
     2 An animal that feeds on decaying matter such as carrion.
     3 (lb en UK obsolete) A street sweeper.
     4 (lb en UK historical) A child employed to pick up loose cotton from
  the floor in a cotton mill.
     5 (lb en chemistry) A substance used to remove impurities from the
  air or from a solution.
     vb.
     1 (lb en archaic) To scavenge.
     2 (lb en archaic) To clean the rubbish from a street, etc.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  scavenger
     n.
     1 Someone who scavenges, especially one who searches through rubbish
  for food or useful things.
     2 An animal that feeds on decaying matter such as carrion.
     3 (lb en UK obsolete) A street sweeper.
     4 (lb en UK historical) A child employed to pick up loose cotton from
  the floor in a cotton mill.
     5 (lb en chemistry) A substance used to remove impurities from the
  air or from a solution.
     vb.
     1 (lb en archaic) To scavenge.
     2 (lb en archaic) To clean the rubbish from a street, etc.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  scavenger
     n.
     1 Someone who scavenges, especially one who searches through rubbish
  for food or useful things.
     2 An animal that feeds on decaying matter such as carrion.
     3 (lb en UK obsolete) A street sweeper.
     4 (lb en UK historical) A child employed to pick up loose cotton from
  the floor in a cotton mill.
     5 (lb en chemistry) A substance used to remove impurities from the
  air or from a solution.
     vb.
     1 (lb en archaic) To scavenge.
     2 (lb en archaic) To clean the rubbish from a street, etc.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  scavenger
     Englanti n.
     haaskaeläin, haaskansyöjä

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  scavenger
     Engelska n.
     1 asätare
     2 sopletare

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Scavenger /skˈavɪndʒə/
  الزبّال

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  scavenger //ˈskæv.ən.d͡ʒə(ɹ)// 
  1. боклуджия
  Someone who scavenges, especially one who searches through rubbish for food or useful things
  2. очистител
  substance to remove impurities

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  scavenger /skˈavɪndʒə/
  mrchožrout