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WORDNET DICTIONARY
CIDE DICTIONARY
OXFORD DICTIONARY
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scavenger

POS

Noun

HYPHEN

scav=en=ger

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun scavenger has 3 senses

scavenger(n = noun.substance) - a chemical agent that is added to a chemical mixture to counteract the effects of impurities;

is a kind of

chemical agent

Derived form verb scavenge₄

scavenger(n = noun.person) magpie, pack rat - someone who collects things that have been discarded by others;

is a kind of hoarder

Derived form verb scavenge₂

scavenger(n = noun.animal) - any animal that feeds on refuse and other decaying organic matter;

has particulars: bottom-feeder

Derived form verb scavenge₃

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CIDE DICTIONARY

scavenger, 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 (Zoöl.), any beetle which feeds on decaying substances, as the carrion beetle. -- Scavenger crab (Zoöl.), 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.

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

scavenger, n.
1 a person who seeks and collects discarded items.
2 an animal, esp. a beetle, feeding on carrion, refuse, etc.
3 Brit. archaic a person employed to clean the streets etc.

Derivative

scavengery n.

Etymology

ME scavager f. AF scawager f. scawage f. ONF escauwer inspect f. Flem. scauwen, rel. to SHOW: for -n- cf. MESSENGER

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THESAURUS

scavenger

amphibian, aquatic, biped, canine, cannibal, carnivore, chimney sweep, cleanser, cosmopolite, crossing sweeper, feline, flue cleaner, gnawer, herbivore, insectivore, invertebrate, mammal, mammalian, marsupial, marsupialian, omnivore, primate, quadruped, reptile, rodent, ruminant, street sweeper, sweep, sweeper, ungulate, varmint, vermin, vertebrate, whitewing

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scavenger

Cleanness

N cleanness, cleanliness, purity, cleaning, purification, defecation, purgation, lustration, detersion, abstersion, epuration, mundation, ablution, lavation, colature, disinfection, drainage, sewerage, lavatory, laundry, washhouse, washerwoman, laundress, dhobi, laundryman, washerman, scavenger, dustman, sweep, white wings brush, broom, besom, mop, rake, shovel, sieve, riddle, screen, filter, blotter, napkin, cloth, maukin, malkin, handkerchief, towel, sudary, doyley, doily, duster, sponge, mop, swab, cover, drugget, wash, lotion, detergent, cathartic, purgative, purifier, disinfectant, aperient, benzene, benzine benzol, benolin, bleaching powder, chloride of lime, dentifrice, deobstruent, laxative, clean, cleanly, pure, immaculate, spotless, stainless, taintless, trig, without a stain, unstained, unspotted, unsoiled, unsullied, untainted, uninfected, sweet, sweet as a nut, neat, spruce, tidy, trim, gimp, clean as a new penny, like a cat in pattens, cleaned, kempt, abstergent, cathartic, cleansing, purifying, neatly, clean as a whistle.