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scavengerous

adj

Etymology

From scavenger + -ous.

  1. derived from scauwōn — “to inspect, to examinate, to look at”
  2. derived from *scavage✻
  3. derived from *scawage✻
  4. derived from scawageour — “one who had to do with scavage, inspector, tax collector”
  5. inherited from scavager
  6. suffixed as scavengerous — “scavenger + ous”

Definitions

  1. scavenging

    • The non-phytophagous minority of the caterpillars exemplifies three somewhat distinct food habits,- entomophagous, homophonous and scavengerous.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA