Predator

Quick meaning: Predator is a noun meaning Any animal or other organism that hunts and kills other nonplant organisms (their prey), primarily for food.

Meaning

Any animal or other organism that hunts and kills other nonplant organisms (their prey), primarily for food.

More Meanings

1. Someone who attacks and plunders for gain.
2. A sexual predator.

Example Sentences

So if you're the only thing worth eating in the middle of the ocean, the predator that grabs you will probably have gotten there by a Levy walk.

Hives should be positioned, oriented and protected to avoid predators and ensure survival in the meliponary. A study (pers. obs.) of predators shows that the main culprits in a Malaysian meliponary are frogs and lizards.

Word Forms

• predators

Synonyms for predator

Depending on context, synonyms include marauder, vulture.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include vulture, marauder, predation, predaceous, predatory, shark.

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