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[ pred -uh -ter, -tawr ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈprɛd ə tər, -ˌtɔr / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun Zoology . any organism that exists by preying upon other organisms: Cats are carnivorous predators.
a person or group that plunders, pillages, or robs, as in war: The Vikings were barbarian predators.
a person, group, or business that exploits, victimizes, or preys on others: a sexual predator who targets children; corporate predators who go after smaller rivals.
an overbearing, greedy or selfish person.
Origin of predator First recorded in 1580–90; from Latin praedātor “plunderer, pillager,” equivalent to praedā(rī) “to plunder, pillage” (derivative of praeda “booty, plunder”) + -tor, agent noun suffix; see origin at prey, -tor
OTHER WORDS FROM predator an·ti·pred·a·tor, noun Words nearby predator predacious, predate, predation, predation pressure, predatism, predator , predatory, predatory pricing, predawn, predecease, predecessor
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Example sentences from the Web for predator When you remove top predator s, herbivores like deer increase and they eat all the vegetation.
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These new specimens we’ve examined reveal a bizarre, monstrous predator .
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As top predator s in coastal ecosystems, these furry floaters gobble down a quarter of their body weight in urchins, crabs and clams each day.
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They would have been less like a pizza topping and more of a fearsome predator .
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All animals need to avoid predator s as they find food and shelter.
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Amirpour sees the pimp as a liberator rather than a predator .
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A man tracks her back to a building where the girl bares her fangs and devours him, reversing the role of predator .
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I truly believe that most predator priests are out there living alone.
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One of those is Neal Blue, the co-owner and CEO of General Atomics, the company that makes the Predator and Reaper drones.
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He believes that consuming the spirit on a regular basis gives him the strength of a tiger and the senses of a predator .
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These services are aimed at re-establishing economic equilibrium in the host (predator ) economies.
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In general, the predator is bulkier than his prey, since he overcomes him and devours him.
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A predator feeding on other animals would be expected to leave some evidence of its habits on the bones of its prey.
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The national economies of the world can be divided to the scavenger and the predator types.
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And yet there was nothing about Jason Perfidion—nothing physical, that is—that suggested the predator .
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British Dictionary definitions for predator noun any carnivorous animal
a predatory person or thing
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Words related to predator carnivore, beast of prey
Scientific definitions for predator An animal that lives by capturing and eating other animals.
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