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scavenger

[skav-in-jer] / ˈskæv ɪn dʒər /
NOUN
forager
Synonyms


NOUN
collector
Synonyms


Example Sentences

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Finding the best pint in a given city has become a digital scavenger hunt.

From The Wall Street Journal

The birds noisily fight over their stolen feast, a potential tip-off to other scavengers.

From Barron's

We’d leave each other notes and scavenger hunt clues and other random stuff.

From Literature

At one man's request, the agency devised a "Mission Impossible" production for an adventurous young woman: an iPad delivered in the morning launched a scavenger hunt across Paris by sidecar and by boat.

From Barron's

They are predators and scavengers, similar in some ways to birds of prey, and play an important role in cleaning up carcasses.

From Science Daily