title: Scavenger (disambiguation)
text: # Scavenger (disambiguation)
  
  Scavenger is an organism that seeks and feeds on discarded or abandoned material such as carrion or detritus.
  
  Scavenger(s) or Scavenging may also refer to:
  
  ## Film and TV
  
  * Scavengers (2013 film), science fiction film
  * The Scavengers (1959 film), a Filipino crime film
  * The Scavengers (1969 film), a Western war drama and exploitation film
  * List of Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu episodes#"Scavengers"
  * Scavenger (Transformers), characters in the Transformers series
  * Scavengers, Walking Dead season 7
  * Scavenger (audio drama), a 2014 audio drama based on the television series Doctor Who
  * Scavengers (game show), a British game show
  
  ## Games
  
  * Scavenger hunt, a game
  * Scavenger, Inc., a video game publisher
  
  ## Music
  
  * The Scavengers, a New Zealand punk rock band from the 1970s
  
  ### Albums
  
  * Scavenger (album), a 1991 album by The Walkabouts
  * Scavengers (album), a 2001 album by Calla
  * The Scavenger, a 1966 album by Nat Adderley
  
  ## Profession or activity
  
  * Mule scavenger, an old profession whereby a person retrieves cotton from underneath a spinning machine
  * Waste picker, a person who picks recyclable elements from waste
  
  ## Science and technology
  
  * Scavenger (chemistry), a method of removing impurities or other undesired chemicals from a mixture
  * Scavenger receptor (endocrinology)
  * Scavenger receptor (immunology), a group of pattern recognition receptors of the innate immune system
  * Scavenging (engine), automotive process of pushing exhausted gas-charge out of the cylinder and drawing in fresh air
  * CPU scavenging, salvaging of machine time
  * Energy harvesting also called energy scavenging, the capturing energy for autonomous devices
  
  ## Other uses
  
  * Scavenger (comics), an armored enemy of Aquaman
  * Operation Scavenger, a World War II operation in the Pacific theater
  * Scavenger's daughter, a rack-like torture instrument
  