单词 | predaceous |
释义 | predaceous (once / 54974 pages) adj WORD FAMILY predaceous USAGE EXAMPLESThanks to their size and their streamlined shape, predaceous diving beetles can actually drag air underwater with them thanks to the power of surface tension. MSNBC(Nov 16, 2015) Rounding out the top 10 were a beautiful, ringed, snail-eating snake and a harp-shaped predaceous sponge. The Guardian(May 24, 2013) Several families of bugs are predaceous in habit, attacking other insects—often members of their own order—and sucking their juices. Various, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edit...(2012) 1adj hunting and killing other animals for food Syn predacious carnivorous (used of plants as well as animals) feeding on animals 2adj living by or given to victimizing others for personal gain Syn predacious, predatory acquisitive eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas |
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