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predacious
pre·da·ceous also pre·da·cious P0514400 (prĭ-dā′shəs)adj.1. Living by seizing or taking prey; predatory.2. Given to victimizing, plundering, or destroying for one's own gain.
[From Latin praedārī, to plunder; see predatory.]
pre·dac′i·ty (-dăs′ĭ-tē) n.predacious (prɪˈdeɪʃəs) or predaceousadj1. (Zoology) (of animals) habitually hunting and killing other animals for food2. preying on others[C18: from Latin praeda plunder; compare predatory] preˈdaciousness, preˈdaceousness, predacity npre•da•cious (prɪˈdeɪ ʃəs)
adj. predatory; rapacious. Also, esp. Biol.,pre•da′ceous.[1705–15; pred (atory) + -acious]pre•da′cious•ness, pre•dac′i•ty (-ˈdæs ɪ ti) ; esp. Biol., pre•da′ceous•ness, n. Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | predacious - hunting and killing other animals for foodpredaceouscarnivorous - (used of plants as well as animals) feeding on animals; "carnivorous plants are capable of trapping and digesting small animals especially insects" | | 2. | predacious - living by or given to victimizing others for personal gain; "predatory capitalists"; "a predatory, insensate society in which innocence and decency can prove fatal"- Peter S. Prescott; "a predacious kind of animal--the early geological gangster"- W.E.Swintonpredaceous, predatoryacquisitive - eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas; "an acquisitive mind"; "an acquisitive society in which the craving for material things seems never satisfied" |
predacious
predacious, predaceous (of animals) habitually hunting and killing other animals for food predacious
Synonyms for predaciousadj hunting and killing other animals for foodSynonymsRelated Wordsadj living by or given to victimizing others for personal gainSynonymsRelated Words |