scavenger
ਸਫਾਈ ਸੇਵਕ
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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Primarily a carnivore the wolverine captures most of its prey, though it is also an extensive 'scavenger' , eating quantities of carrion.
He is a 'scavenger' who collects waste paper.
Each 'scavenger' could collect about 14 kilograms of plastic waste per day.
4-aminosalicylic acid is not an effective free radical 'scavenger'
Our study has shown that CDA-II was a good 'scavenger' of hydroxyl radical, and it inhibited lipid peroxidation in brain homogenates.
HDL, or ‘good cholesterol’ acts like a 'scavenger' in the blood looking for harmful cholesterol.
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.
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'
This lizard is a fierce predator and 'scavenger' , and is thought to have caused human fatalities.
In ancient times this was done by carrying the body to a high hilltop, leaving it bare for nature's 'scavengers' to feed on.
Some are 'scavengers' - hagfish, crustaceans, sharks - which devour much of the whale's flesh and tissue over the course of a few months.
Telephone and electric lines drooped in useless loops from poles and then disappeared entirely where 'scavengers' had picked them clean.
Although the 'scavengers' could also collect organic trash that can be transformed into organic fertilizer, most of them are loath to touch the putrifying garbage.
When the bison slaughter rose to its height, wolves and other 'scavengers' thrived on the availability of carrion, and wolf numbers probably spiked briefly.
Immediately she got involved with the 'scavengers' and asked them to collect specific items like cellophane wrappers that cannot be recycled.
There were the small herbivores and 'scavengers' and hunters scuttling in the undergrowth, hiding from the larger predators who occasioned down from the heights.
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.
Carcasses left by wolves supply food for 'scavengers' such as ravens, eagles, magpies, and wolverines.
Metal 'scavengers' dismantled 155 mm artillery rounds, spreading gun powder on the ground at the depot, which housed old artillery.
There are still one million people working as manual 'scavengers' all over India.
Whenever the antioxidants are present, antioxidant enzyme activity and 'scavengers' of the free radical will be induced to prevent the oxidative damage.
The destruction of nests discourages infestations by dermestid beetles and other insect 'scavengers' which could move to other household items.
The fact that many crustaceans, being omnivorous, may act as 'scavengers' and eat the corpses of fellow aquatic creatures need not be a deterrent.
All that is left is a grim arena where matter is collected by 'scavengers' and transformed into useful merchandise.
Free radical 'scavengers' , however, do not completely prevent the loss of diaphragmatic force associated with delayed injury, indicating that other mechanisms are involved.
Before the stallholders could even open the boot, 'scavengers' were on the back seat searching for tarnished gold.
The buzz of flies permeated the air and the 'scavengers' of meat fed on the dead.
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