scavenger
സ്കാവെഞ്ചര്
definition
noun
Experts on the red kite - a spectacular bird with a wingspan of up to 6ft - say it is essentially a scavenger which feeds on carrion rather than attacking sheep or game birds.
an animal that feeds on carrion, dead plant material, or refuse.
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HDL, or ‘good cholesterol’ acts like a 'scavenger' in the blood looking for harmful cholesterol.
Our study has shown that CDA-II was a good 'scavenger' of hydroxyl radical, and it inhibited lipid peroxidation in brain homogenates.
This lizard is a fierce predator and 'scavenger' , and is thought to have caused human fatalities.
a reputation as a 'scavenger' of discarded odds and ends
In this picture, an Indonesian 'scavenger' takes a break from collecting plastic from garbage clogging a Jakarta canal.
4-aminosalicylic acid is not an effective free radical 'scavenger'
Each 'scavenger' could collect about 14 kilograms of plastic waste per day.
He is a 'scavenger' who collects waste paper.
The saltwater crocodile is carnivorous and a 'scavenger' .
Experts on the red kite - a spectacular bird with a wingspan of up to 6ft - say it is essentially a 'scavenger' which feeds on carrion rather than attacking sheep or game birds.
4-aminosalicylic acid is not an effective free radical 'scavenger'
Primarily a carnivore the wolverine captures most of its prey, though it is also an extensive 'scavenger' , eating quantities of carrion.
To this end the city directed its 'scavengers' to deliver ‘clean’ garbage free of rotting vegetable matter to the site.
Peddlers also performed an ecological function as consummate street 'scavengers' , collectors, and recycling artists.
Low levels of natural antioxidants in pancreatitis indicate their increased utilization as 'scavengers' of free radicals.
Carcasses left by wolves supply food for 'scavengers' such as ravens, eagles, magpies, and wolverines.
In ancient times this was done by carrying the body to a high hilltop, leaving it bare for nature's 'scavengers' to feed on.
According to Alamsyah, most of the squatters in the area work as garbage men, 'scavengers' and do other odd jobs.
Free radical 'scavengers' , however, do not completely prevent the loss of diaphragmatic force associated with delayed injury, indicating that other mechanisms are involved.
Metal 'scavengers' dismantled 155 mm artillery rounds, spreading gun powder on the ground at the depot, which housed old artillery.
The word dogs is a strong insult in the Mediterranean world since dogs are generally regarded as 'scavengers' .
The omnivorous 'scavengers' could find food sources virtually anywhere and could survive without human care in the proper environment.
Whenever the antioxidants are present, antioxidant enzyme activity and 'scavengers' of the free radical will be induced to prevent the oxidative damage.
Scrap firms sometimes employed peddlers and 'scavengers' , but they more frequently relied solely on the skills of the owner to sort and evaluate scrap from refuse.
Their island-home always seemed to be inhabited by great black birds - ravens, crows, 'scavengers' of all sorts.
I was intrigued by the passage of time and the parade of 'scavengers' , including bears, that reduced a giant among animals to scattered bones and a grease slick.
All that is left is a grim arena where matter is collected by 'scavengers' and transformed into useful merchandise.
There are still one million people working as manual 'scavengers' all over India.
The fact that many crustaceans, being omnivorous, may act as 'scavengers' and eat the corpses of fellow aquatic creatures need not be a deterrent.
Before the stallholders could even open the boot, 'scavengers' were on the back seat searching for tarnished gold.
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