Scavenger /(?)/
Scav·en·ger
Scavenger
n.
- 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.
Phrases & Compounds
- Scavenger beetle
- any beetle which feeds on decaying substances, as the carrion beetle.
- Scavenger crab
- any crab which feeds on dead animals, as the spider crab.
- Scavenger'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.