n.

1. One that scavenges, as a person who searches through refuse for food.
2. An animal, such as a bird or insect, that feeds on dead or decaying matter.
3. Chemistry. A substance added to a mixture to remove or inactivate impurities.

[Alteration of Middle English scauager, schavager, official charged with street maintenance, from Anglo-Norman scawager, toll collector, from scawage, a tax on the goods of foreign merchants, from Flemish scauwen, to look at, show.]

IN BRIEF: One who feeds or picks up someone's leftovers.

The bold raccoon became a scavenger when night fell.

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The noun has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: a chemical agent that is added to a chemical mixture to counteract the effects of impurities

Meaning #2: someone who collects things that have been discarded by others
  Synonyms: magpie, pack rat

Meaning #3: any animal that feeds on refuse and other decaying organic matter

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - person der roder i affald, klunser, renovationsarbejder, ådselsæder, nekrofag, skyllemiddel

Nederlands (Dutch)
aasdier, voddenraper

Français (French)
n. - faiseur de poubelles, récupérateur, charognard

Deutsch (German)
n. - Aasfresser, Reinigungsmittel, Straßenkehrer

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ρακοσυλλέκτης, πτωματοφάγο ζώο

Italiano (Italian)
saprofago

Português (Portuguese)
n. - gari (m)

Русский (Russian)
мусорщик, животное, птица или рыба, питающееся отбросами или падалью, убирать мусор, смаковать грязные темы, бороться с пороками общества

Español (Spanish)
n. - carroñero

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - asätare, rehållningsarbetare, gatsopare, person som letar bland sopor

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
清道夫, 食腐动物

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 清道夫, 食腐動物

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 썩은 고기를 먹는 동물(독수리, 자칼 등), 쓰레기를 뒤지는 사람, 거리 청소원

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 掃除人, 死体に群がる動物, ごみをあさる人

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) حيوان يقتات بالقمامه, ألكاسحه, ألكناس,‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮פועל-ניקיון, מנקה רחובות (מיושן), חיה ניזונה מנבלות‬

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