Scavenger

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-024809",
  "term": "Scavenger",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. An opportunistic animal that feeds on decaying plants and animals or scraps of food abandoned by other animals.\n\n2. Animals that feed on dead, sick or injured prey. Includes crows, vultures, gulls, eagles, hawks, etc.",
  "subject": "Ecosystems",
  "references": [
    "Chesapeake Bay Glossary",
    "USGS Field Manual of Wildlife Disease Glossary at http://www.nwhc.usgs.gov/publications/field_manual/appendices.pdf"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/scavenger/"
}