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predator
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun predator has 2 senses
- predator(n = noun.person) marauder, piranha, vulture - someone who attacks in search of booty; Array is a kind of aggressor, assailant, assaulter, attacker
- predator(n = noun.animal) predatory animal - any animal that lives by preying on other animals; Array is a kind of animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna
has particulars: moss-trooper
has particulars: carnivore
OXFORD DICTIONARY
predator, n.
1 an animal naturally preying on others.
2 a person, State, etc., compared to this.
1 an animal naturally preying on others.
2 a person, State, etc., compared to this.
Etymology
L praedator plunderer f. praedari seize as plunder f. praeda booty (as PREDACIOUS)
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