foul feeder

English

Noun

foul feeder (plural foul feeders)

  1. An animal that feeds on carrion or the like; a scavenger.
    • 1912, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World‎:
      "He's a foul feeder, is Mr. Malone, a carrion eater, like all of his kind[.]"
  2. (obsolete) A horse that has bad eating habits.
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