Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. An organism that lives by preying on other organisms.
- n. One that victimizes, plunders, or destroys, especially for one's own gain.
Wiktionary
- n. any animal or other organism that hunts and kills other organisms (their prey), primarily for food
- n. someone who attacks and plunders for gain
WordNet 3.0
- n. any animal that lives by preying on other animals
- n. someone who attacks in search of booty
Etymologies
- From Latin praedātor, from praedor ("loot, pillage"), from praeda ("booty, spoils, prey"). (Wiktionary)
- Latin praedātor, pillager, from praedārī, to plunder; see predatory. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“The term predator conjures up images of horror in most people.”
“Once I stand, even if he doesn't pick me up immediately with his 270-degree vision, he'll see my shadow and know instantly that a predator is above him.”
“Because a child predator is exactly the same as two consenting adults?”
“Thus, a prey that can sit still escapes detection as long as the predator is not too close.”
“The predator is every bit good looking too; while actually a high quality plastic, the case is functional as well as being attractive.”
“About two seconds after this photograph was taken, the mosquito fish to Mr. Hawgmouth's lower left swam a little too close to Mr. Hawgmouth, whereupon Mr. Hawgmouth got a tasty lunch and my son and I got the kind of interactive lesson in predator-prey dynamics you just can't replicate on television.”
“There's a reason why the best place to find a child-sex predator is in conservative Christian strongholds, but I'll save that for another post.”
“He really gets pretty funky in this thing, and you see a little bit of that in the teaser as he's dueling with this drone predator from the falling tank.”
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“Great white sharks are the largest predators that the laws of physics allow on contemporary Earth -- this perfect predator is most worthy of global protection.”
The Huffington Post: Dr. Reese Halter: Protecting Great White Sharks
“If you are limited to a shotgun make sure the predator is within range, probably no farther than 60 yards.”
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grade 3
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Ayumi G3
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A veritable parade of baddies and other ne'er-do-wells.
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Rich Habitats: A Study of Invertebrates
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adaptation, biodiversity, cladistics, classification, decomposer, detritus, exoskeleton, habitat, invertebrate, metamorphosis, organism, predator and 16 more...
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