| slovo | definícia |
scavenger
(encz) | scavenger,mrchožrout n: Zdeněk Brož |
Scavenger
(gcide) | Scavenger \Scav"en*ger\, n. [OE. scavager an officer with
various duties, originally attending to scavage, fr. OE. & E.
scavage. See Scavage, Show, v.]
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.
[1913 Webster]
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.
--Am. Cyc.
[1913 Webster] |
scavenger
(wn) | 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, scavenger, pack rat]
3: any animal that feeds on refuse and other decaying organic
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scavenger
(encz) | scavenger,mrchožrout n: Zdeněk Brož |
scavenger cell
(encz) | scavenger cell, n: |
Scavenger beetle
(gcide) | Scavenger \Scav"en*ger\, n. [OE. scavager an officer with
various duties, originally attending to scavage, fr. OE. & E.
scavage. See Scavage, Show, v.]
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.
[1913 Webster]
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.
--Am. Cyc.
[1913 Webster] |
Scavenger crab
(gcide) | Scavenger \Scav"en*ger\, n. [OE. scavager an officer with
various duties, originally attending to scavage, fr. OE. & E.
scavage. See Scavage, Show, v.]
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.
[1913 Webster]
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.
--Am. Cyc.
[1913 Webster] |
Scavenger hunt
(gcide) | Scavenger hunt \Scav"en*ger hunt\, n.
a game in which individuals or teams are given a list of
items and must go out, gather them together without
purchasing them, and bring them back; the first person or
team to return with the complete list is the winner. The
items are sometimes common but often of a humorous sort.
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