Collocations for "scavenger"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "scavenger" in context.
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scavenger
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- [metal, junk, waste, recyclables] scavengers
- a scavenger of [junk, odds and ends, discarded items]
- scavengers in the [forest, wild, woods, mountains]
- scavengers on the [farm, land, plains]
- scavengers like [rats, rodents, dogs, beavers, foxes]
- [rats] are great scavengers
- the [bird, species] is a scavenger
- is considered a scavenger
- scavengers circled the [carcass, dead animal]
- [eaten, disposed of, ripped apart] by scavengers
- are [generally, usually] nocturnal scavengers
- a scavenger that feeds on
- scavengers [lurking, scurrying, moving] in the undergrowth
- on a scavenger hunt
- scavenger [birds, species]