predaceous

adjective

pre·da·ceous pri-ˈdā-shəs How to pronounce predaceous (audio)

variants or predacious

: living by preying on other animals : predatory

usually predacious : tending to devour or despoil : rapacious

predaceousness noun

predacity

pri-ˈda-sə-tē How to pronounce predaceous (audio)

noun

Synonyms

predatory
rapacious
raptorial

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Example Sentences

the predaceous animals of the jungle, with the tiger at the top of the food chain

Recent Examples on the Web These predaceous decisions have negatively affected the population of the last frontier and the families & communities of this great state.

Anchorage Daily News, 6 Aug. 2022 Various species of aquatic insects, such as the predaceous diving beetle, use bubbles for breathing underwater.

Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 May 2021 Early in the season, these mites are pollen feeders, then become predaceous as more prey develops, according to 2012 research at Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio.

Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp, Indianapolis Star, 15 June 2018 Even though Coronodon is only known from a skull, that fossil reveals a mammal that mixed the features of earlier, more predaceous whales and the baleen whales that would follow.

Brian Switek, Scientific American Blog Network, 10 July 2017 The best paleontologists can do is try to reconstruct the details of their habitat and gauge the predaceous powers of these crocs.

Brian Switek, WIRED, 19 Sep. 2012

Word History

Etymology

Latin praedari to prey upon (from praeda prey) + English -aceous or -acious (as in rapacious) — more at prey entry 2

First Known Use

1713, in the meaning defined at sense 1

单词	predaceous
释义	predaceous adjective pre·da·ceous pri-ˈdā-shəs variants or predacious 1 : living by preying on other animals : predatory 2 usually predacious : tending to devour or despoil : rapacious predaceousness noun predacity pri-ˈda-sə-tē noun Synonyms predatory rapacious raptorial See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences the predaceous animals of the jungle, with the tiger at the top of the food chain Recent Examples on the Web These predaceous decisions have negatively affected the population of the last frontier and the families & communities of this great state. Anchorage Daily News, 6 Aug. 2022 Various species of aquatic insects, such as the predaceous diving beetle, use bubbles for breathing underwater. Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 May 2021 Early in the season, these mites are pollen feeders, then become predaceous as more prey develops, according to 2012 research at Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio. Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp, Indianapolis Star, 15 June 2018 Even though Coronodon is only known from a skull, that fossil reveals a mammal that mixed the features of earlier, more predaceous whales and the baleen whales that would follow. Brian Switek, Scientific American Blog Network, 10 July 2017 The best paleontologists can do is try to reconstruct the details of their habitat and gauge the predaceous powers of these crocs. Brian Switek, WIRED, 19 Sep. 2012 Word History Etymology Latin praedari to prey upon (from praeda prey) + English -aceous or -acious (as in rapacious) — more at prey entry 2 First Known Use 1713, in the meaning defined at sense 1 predaceous adjective variants or predacious as in predatory living by killing and eating other animals the predaceous animals of the jungle, with the tiger at the top of the food chain Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance predatory raptorial carnivorous rapacious savage ferocious wild deadly aggressive violent fierce untamed Antonyms & Near Antonyms herbivorous gentle vegetarian submissive tame
随便看	uncorded uncordial uncordially uncording uncords uncore prist uncork uncorked uncorking uncorks uncorporal uncorrectable uncorrected uncorrelated uncorroborated uncorrupt uncorrupted uncorruptedly uncorruptedness uncorruptible uncorruptness uncorseted uncos uncostly uncountable