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predaceous

predaceous

8.5
An animal that hunts and kills other animals for food
  • adjective
  • /prɪˈdeɪʃəs/
translation icon : predador
  • The hawks are predaceous birds that hunt small mammals for food.

Examples

  • Many plant bugs have yet another useful trait because more than half (14) of the European adventives are both predaceous and/or phytophagous (Wheeler and Henry 1992), making food finding more likely.

    Academic text (1996)

  • Lions are known for their predaceous behavior, stalking and catching their prey with precision.

  • In the ocean, predaceous creatures like sharks play a crucial role in maintaining the ecosystem.

Synonyms

carnivorous
vspredaceous
17 5.5

Eating other animals or insects for food

is limited to hunting and killing animals rather than general feeding
predatory
vspredaceous
8 4.8

Hunting and eating other animals for food

is focused on active hunting and killing rather than general feeding
rapacious
vspredaceous
1 8.4

Hunting and eating other animals for food

is more neutral about hunting and does not imply aggression or greed
predacious
vspredaceous
  • Specialized
1 8.4

An animal that hunts and eats other animals for food

is the same meaning but spelled with e at the end

Antonyms

herbivorous
  • Specialized
1 6.7

An animal that eats only plants

How Predatory

rapacious
1 8.4
predaceous
8.5
opportunistic
28 6.8

Surface Forms

predaceous positive
predaceous comparative
predaceous superlative

Etymology

Predaceous comes from the Latin praeda meaning 'booty' or 'prey', the same root as the English words prey and predator, so it describes animals that hunt and kill other animals for food.