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单词 predacean
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predaceann.

Brit. /prɛˈdeɪʃn/, U.S. /prɛˈdeɪʃ(ə)n/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: English predaceous , predacious adj., -an suffix.
Etymology: < predaceous, variant of predacious adj. + -an suffix, after crustacean n., etc.
rare.
A predacious animal; a predator.
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1835 W. Kirby On Power of God in Creation of Animals II. xxiv. 481 The Predaceans and several others, when first born are blind.
1898 Fort Wayne (Indiana) News 22 Apr. 7/2 The modern girl with her..rash aggression that has turned man from a swaggering predacean to a watchful ruminant, was no match for her sweet, quaintly gentle Rosamond.
1978 V. B. Hargreaves Trop. Marine Aquarium Gloss. Predacean, an animal which is predatory.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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