Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Plundering; pillaging; predatory.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective rare Of or pertaining to prey; plundering; predatory.
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- adjective Of or relating to
prey ;plundering ;predatory .
Etymologies
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Latin praeda prey.
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Examples
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Their wing-feathers also have a peculiar downy softness, so that they fly without the usual fluttering sounds that attend the flight of other birds, and are able to steal unawares upon their prey, and make their predal excursions without disturbing the general silence of the hour.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 22, August, 1859 Various
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