单词 | depredator |
释义 | depredatorn. One who, or that which, preys upon or makes depredations; a ravager, plunderer, pillager. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > robber > spoiler or plunderer > [noun] riflera1350 ravenerc1384 pillerc1385 preyerc1390 raptora1398 peelera1425 despoiler1467 spulyierc1475 pillardc1485 ruggerc1485 pollera1513 booty-fellow1530 spoiler1535 caterpillar1541 kitea1556 ransacker?1576 predator1581 lurdan1589 worm1591 scraper1598 pillager?1611 ravager1611 bird of preya1616 depredator1626 plunderer1639 expilator1658 shark1713 depredationist1828 spoliator1831 rapiner1843 ravisher1851 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §492 They be both great Depredatours of the Earth. 1646 J. Hall Horæ Vacivæ 143 Hawking..is..a generous exercise, as well for variety of deprædators as preys. 1799 S. Turner Hist. Anglo-Saxons I. i. ii. 34 It [sc. Heiligland] was thronged with maritime depreditors. 1814 W. Scott Waverley I. xv. 217 The depredators were twelve Highlanders. View more context for this quotation 1851 Beck's Florist 100 If you should be annoyed by a small black insect..use every means to encourage the plants..by brushing the depredators from the points of the shoots. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1626 |
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