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Meanings of scavenger in English

Catalan
garsa

Someone who collects things that have been discarded by others.

garsa

An organism that feeds on decaying flesh.

Usage of scavenger in English
1
The aftermath of the war has created a new, illegal profession: scavenger.
The Cylons’ Secret
2
Escrissar scrabbled across the ground, a scavenger surprised by a true predator.
The brazen gambit
3
She is the grand scavenger and practical sanitary commissioner of the earth.
James Nasmyth, Engineer: An Autobiography
4
It was a fun scavenger hunt, populated with products rather than people.
Wired
5
Concepts of the scavenger by Kate Hawley closely followed del Toro's direction.
Cabinet of Curiosities
6
Don Antonio was the pet of the Aurora Borealis, and its scavenger.
Laughing Bill Hyde and Other Stories
7
You used to love doing my scavenger hunts when you were little.
Cross My Heart, Hope to Die
8
Some scavenger would find her and there would be evidence of it.
The Clan of the Cave Bear
9
She took us out there to find someone from the scavenger ship.
The Cylons’ Secret
10
The villain was obviously some Aventine scavenger, but a stranger to me.
The Silver Pigs
11
Someone who wouldn't shrink from eliminating the scavenger whose craft they intercepted.
The Reality Dysfunction
12
You can hold the kid while she goes on this scavenger hunt.
Takeover
13
I am like a scavenger, always on the lookout for a snack.
Flash and Bones
14
He, too, scavenger though he is, has a genius for being graceful.
A Florida Sketch-Book
15
The dog was probably just a scavenger working the trash. He paused.
Naked Heat
16
A general scavenger, the Burying-beetle refuses nothing in the way of cadaveric putridity.
The Wonders of Instinct: Chapters in the Psychology of Insects
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Catalan
garsa
Scavenger through the time
Scavenger across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common