FORAGER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does forager mean? 

• FORAGER (noun)
  The noun FORAGER has 1 sense:

1. someone who hunts for food and provisions

  Familiarity information: FORAGER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FORAGER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who hunts for food and provisions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Context example:

in Japan a fungus forager can earn a good living

Hypernyms ("forager" is a kind of...):

hunter (a person who searches for something)

 Context examples 

Highly mobile foragers appear to favor turbulent areas because these locations contain particularly abundant food sources.

(Galapagos sea life study highlights importance of biodiversity in the face of climate change, National Science Foundation)

Elapids belong to a larger group of snakes known as colubrids—active foragers that use a variety of methods, including venom to capture and kill prey.

(Researchers find oldest fossil evidence of modern African venomous snakes, NSF)

The test also could be a practical and definitive way for mushroom foragers to identify and avoid eating mushrooms with amanitin toxin if a commercial partner can be found to produce and market a test kit.

(New Test Identifies Poisonous Mushrooms, Agricultural Research Service)