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Definition of depredate in English: depredateverb ˈdɛprədeɪt [with object]Steal from, typically using force; plunder. many types of predators depredate bird nests wandering flocks of pigeons depredating barley crops Example sentencesExamples - On Triangle Island, bald eagles are known to depredate tufted puffins.
- If eggs hatched and were then depredated within three days, failure may have been incorrectly assigned to the incubation stage.
- Various raptor species formed the next most common group, depredating seven nests, all with nestlings.
- First, the rate at which eggs were depredated was analyzed with survival (or failure time) analysis.
- Many types of predators depredate bird nests and thus potentially influence the spatial distribution of their prey.
- Dease's journal provides accounts of wandering flocks of pigeons depredating barley crops at Fort Simpson, far to the north of their known breeding range.
- Winter, using clay eggs in artificial nests, inferred that midsized predators do not depredate nests farther than 60 metres from edges in tall-grass prairie.
- As a result, the species that most frequently depredate nests vary among studies.
- Each year, many groups failed to produce offspring or the offspring were depredated prior to sampling.
- Do southern flying squirrels frequently depredate songbird nests in other areas?
- In those broods that were not depredated, nestling survival was high.
- Chief among the amendments to the bill was a section creating a permit that would allow a landowner to kill antlerless white-tailed deer believed to be depredating crops.
- It has been reported that martens can depredate up to 100% of the local population of pied flycatchers breeding in nest-boxes in Latvia.
- A federal permit is not required to kill a bird when it depredates a crop
- The number of eggs depredated by ghost crabs was estimated by counting those eggs that had a small circular section of the eggshell removed.
- Because egg predation is high during laying, many eggs may have been depredated before we found them, especially the first and second eggs of a clutch.
Synonyms pillage, loot, rob, raid, ransack, strip, fleece, ravage, lay waste, devastate, maraud, sack, rape
Origin Early 17th century: from Latin depraedat- 'plundered', from the verb depraedari. |