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/ˈpɹɛd.ə.tɚ/ · noun
Any animal or other organism that hunts and kills other nonplant organisms (their prey), primarily for food..
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.
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.
Use predator when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Predator means Any animal or other organism that hunts and kills other nonplant organisms (their prey), primarily for food..
Common synonyms include marauder, vulture, predatory animal.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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.
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