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2007-03-14 12:10:48 · 4 answers · asked by Cheri 1 in Education & Reference Homework Help

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Scavengers are consumers that eat the leftovers of a dead animal. Some examples of scavengers are vultures, mold, and bacteria.

2007-03-14 17:24:58 · answer #1 · answered by Lilian 5 · 0 0

I looked up the word on a website (listed below) Hope this is what you were looking for!
Main Entry: scav·en·ger
Pronunciation: \ˈska-vən-jər\
Function: noun
Etymology: alteration of earlier scavager, from Anglo-French scawageour collector of scavage (duty collected from non-resident street merchants), from skawage scavage, from Middle French dialect (Flanders) escauver to inspect, from Middle Dutch scouwen; akin to Old English scēawian to look at — more at show
Date: 1530
1chiefly British : a person employed to remove dirt and refuse from streets
2: one that scavenges: as a: a garbage collector b: a junk collector c: a chemically active substance acting to make innocuous or remove an undesirable substance
3: an organism that typically feeds on refuse or carrion

2007-03-14 12:18:58 · answer #2 · answered by sportsgirl931 2 · 0 0

Animals like buzzards..Animals that come along after something has been killed and they try to take whats left or eat it off the road.

2007-03-14 12:17:32 · answer #3 · answered by Dixie 6 · 0 0

animals that eat dead animals. (the animals being eaten died before they were eaten) There are other definitions, like someone who picks through junk to find something useful... but that's the main one

2007-03-14 12:16:56 · answer #4 · answered by Kittylover 2 · 0 0

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