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Scavenging behavior

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-005648

Searching for and feeding on dead carcasses or decaying organic matter.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-005648
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectAnimals, Livestock, One Health
Synonymsscavenging behaviour
ReferencesNAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (CC BY 4.0)
See alsoFeeding behavior; Coprophagy; Heterotrophs; Necrophagy
TranslationsSpanish: comportamiento carroñero
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-005648",
  "term": "Scavenging behavior",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "Searching for and feeding on dead carcasses or decaying organic matter.",
  "synonyms": [
    "scavenging behaviour"
  ],
  "subject": "Animals, Livestock, One Health",
  "see_also": [
    "feeding behavior",
    "coprophagy",
    "heterotrophs",
    "necrophagy"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "comportamiento carroñero"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/scavenging-behavior/"
}

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