Predation
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Predation is a noun meaning (zoology) The preying of one animal on others.
Meaning
(zoology) The preying of one animal on others.
More Meanings
- (obsolete) The action of attacking or plundering.
Example Sentences
[…]this priest roade in his goune of velvet, with a greate trayne, and was received into every Religion with Procession, as though the legate had bene there, and toke such greate sommes for his visitacion, that the religious sore were greved, and murmured much against it, and in especiall, for they were charged with greate sommes of money to the kyng, and now thys sodayn visitacion or predacion, cleane shaved them.
Word Forms
- predations
Synonyms for predation
Depending on context, synonyms include depredation, preying.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include depredation, preying, predatory, consumption, prey, dispossession.
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