predacious

[ pri-dey-shuhs ]

/ prɪˈdeɪ ʃəs /

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adjective

predatory; rapacious.

Also especially Biology, pre·da·ceous .

Origin of predacious

First recorded in 1705–15; pred(atory) + -acious

OTHER WORDS FROM predacious

pre·da·cious·ness, pre·dac·i·ty

[pri-das-i-tee]; /prɪˈdæs ɪ ti/; especially Biology, pre·da·ceous·ness, nounun·pre·da·ceous, adjectiveun·pre·da·ceous·ly, adverbun·pre·da·ceous·ness, noun

un·pre·da·cious, adjectiveun·pre·da·cious·ly, adverbun·pre·da·cious·ness, noun

Words nearby predacious

precursory, precursory cartilage, precut, precycle, pred., predacious, predate, predation, predation pressure, predatism, predator

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Example sentences from the Web for predacious

Most of them are predacious, feeding on anything they can catch, and their strong jaws exude poison.
Zoology: The Science of Animal Life|Ernest Ingersoll
They are active, bold and predacious, living on small game of every sort, and making their homes in holes in the ground.
Zoology: The Science of Animal Life|Ernest Ingersoll
The birches supply food to about three hundred of these predacious fellows, while poplars feed and shelter almost as many.
The Spell of the Rockies|Enos A. Mills
Let us yet further imagine that this predacious species is swifter than our animal, on which it preys.
The Making of Species|Douglas Dewar

Were predacious creatures the most important foes of the rabbit it would never have obtained a firm foothold in Australia.
The Making of Species|Douglas Dewar

British Dictionary definitions for predacious

predacious

predaceous

/ (prɪˈdeɪʃəs) /

adjective

(of animals) habitually hunting and killing other animals for food

preying on others

Derived forms of predacious

predaciousness, predaceousness or predacity (prɪˈdæsɪtɪ), noun

Word Origin for predacious

C18: from Latin praeda plunder; compare predatory

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	predacious
释义	predacious [ pri-dey-shuhs ] / prɪˈdeɪ ʃəs / SEE SYNONYMS FOR predacious ON THESAURUS.COM adjective predatory; rapacious. Also especially Biology, pre·da·ceous . Origin of predacious First recorded in 1705–15; pred(atory) + -acious OTHER WORDS FROM predacious pre·da·cious·ness, pre·dac·i·ty [pri-das-i-tee]; /prɪˈdæs ɪ ti/; especially Biology, pre·da·ceous·ness, nounun·pre·da·ceous, adjectiveun·pre·da·ceous·ly, adverbun·pre·da·ceous·ness, noun un·pre·da·cious, adjectiveun·pre·da·cious·ly, adverbun·pre·da·cious·ness, noun Words nearby predacious precursory, precursory cartilage, precut, precycle, pred., predacious, predate, predation, predation pressure, predatism, predator Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for predacious Most of them are predacious, feeding on anything they can catch, and their strong jaws exude poison. Zoology: The Science of Animal Life\|Ernest Ingersoll They are active, bold and predacious, living on small game of every sort, and making their homes in holes in the ground. Zoology: The Science of Animal Life\|Ernest Ingersoll The birches supply food to about three hundred of these predacious fellows, while poplars feed and shelter almost as many. The Spell of the Rockies\|Enos A. Mills Let us yet further imagine that this predacious species is swifter than our animal, on which it preys. The Making of Species\|Douglas Dewar Were predacious creatures the most important foes of the rabbit it would never have obtained a firm foothold in Australia. The Making of Species\|Douglas Dewar British Dictionary definitions for predacious predacious predaceous / (prɪˈdeɪʃəs) / adjective (of animals) habitually hunting and killing other animals for food preying on others Derived forms of predacious predaciousness, predaceousness or predacity (prɪˈdæsɪtɪ), noun Word Origin for predacious C18: from Latin praeda plunder; compare predatory Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to predacious rapacious, voracious, greedy, marauding, ravening, cannibalistic, omophagous, bloodthirsty, carnivorous, hungry, hunting, preying, thieving, depredatory, despoiling, pillaging, plundering, raptorial, ravaging, vulturine
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predacious

adjective

Origin of predacious

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Example sentences from the Web for predacious

British Dictionary definitions for predacious

predaceous

adjective

Derived forms of predacious

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Words related to predacious