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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 scav·en·ger /ˈskævənʤɚ/
 清道夫;食腐肉的動物

From: Taiwan MOE computer dictionary

 scavenger
 清除器; 淨化劑

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Scav·en·ger 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.
 Scavenger beetle Zool., any beetle which feeds on decaying substances, as the carrion beetle.
 Scavenger crab Zool., any crab which feeds on dead animals, as the spider crab.
 Scavenger's daughter [corrupt. of Skevington'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.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 scavenger
      n 1: a chemical agent that is added to a chemical mixture to
           counteract the effects of impurities
      2: someone who collects things that have been discarded by
         others [syn: magpie, pack rat]
      3: any animal that feeds on refuse and other decaying organic
         matter