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Definition of predator in English: predatornoun ˈprɛdətəˈprɛdədər 1An animal that naturally preys on others. wolves are major predators of small mammals Example sentencesExamples - This shielding along with the cryptic coloration of the predator prevents the prey from becoming alarmed.
- North American river otters are important predators of fish and aquatic invertebrates.
- Because of their offensive odor, skunks are rarely preyed on by mammalian predators.
- These portray a male or female figure with prey animals or predators.
- Foxes as predators prey on lambs and chickens and kill native small marsupials and rodents.
- The fact is, we don't have good evidence yet what the dinosaur predator / prey ratios were like.
- On the mainland they fall prey to both mammalian and avian predators.
- If a pack of carnivorous mammals were to chase a lone prey animal into the tar pits, both predators and prey would become trapped.
- I also used domestic chicks with prior experience of both prey types as predators.
- Pauses may allow animals to increase detection both of predators and prey.
- Superb predators, these animals surpass all other lizards in intelligence.
- This is thought to be an adaptation to deter mammalian and reptilian predators.
- Mammalian predators such as raccoons readily prey on frogs with seemingly no ill effects.
- They are also preyed upon by mammalian predators such as cats, and by snakes such as boas and anacondas.
- This may have made it the most easily accessible prey for predators in the nekton, such as fishes.
- Common predators of house sparrows include cats and other mammalian predators, birds of prey, and owls.
- American paddlefish are predators of zooplankton and prey to other fishes, birds, and humans.
- The two early mammal species were probably predators, not scavengers, say the scientists.
- The major groups of drilling marine predators include octopods and gastropods.
- Bluntnose minnows serve an important role as prey for larger animals and as a predator on insect larvae.
2A person who ruthlessly exploits others. Example sentencesExamples - So what should be done about keeping sexual predators from striking again?
- We all have children and want them to be safe from these sexual predators.
- He said young people needed to be protected from sexual predators.
- If only they were cleverer sexual predators, they might have easily got away with it!
- Without such help, sexual predators are doomed to repeat their crimes.
- Psychologists have built up a detailed picture of how sexual predators operate on their child victims.
- It's the reality that I had to face 20 years ago that there were sexual predators and child molesters out there.
- Women in those situations are particularly vulnerable to a predator and a manipulator like Ben.
- In my mind, if what I have read and what I have heard on air, as you've pointed out, is correct, he is simply a sexual predator.
- 2.1 A company that tries to take over another.
a defensive move to prevent the business falling into the hands of an overseas predator Example sentencesExamples - Now that global mobile phone sales have started to fall for the first time ever, producers may well have to turn predator in order to win market share.
- To make matters worse, the once-proud company is being circled by predators.
- Poison pills are designed to make it prohibitively expensive for a predator to take over a company.
- Traders rely on instinct, on a sense of the direction of the herd, mindful of the constant threat of competing predators.
- When we limit our children's access to television, we also limit corporate predators' access to our children.
- A new poll underlines that people want Britain's quoted businesses to be protected from takeover by foreign predators.
- If the program is meant to protect Canadian publications from American predators, then French magazines should not qualify for the cash.
- At the current share price, in an industry where consolidation is becoming a more pressing imperative, don't be surprised to see a predator pounce.
- It is a decent management team and it might be in the predators' interests to keep the team sweet prior to a bidding war.
- Granted, there are many who argue that the company is now the biggest predator on the landscape and is squeezing smaller carriers and airports.
- That could make the business attractive to a larger predator who could integrate head office functions and justify a higher price.
- It had once been a predator itself, taking over a local rival and, in 1973, the Government-owned brewery in Carlisle.
- But the Polish, Singapore and American interests might be useful as local bases to a predator.
- Given its lowly valuation, a growing number of brokers believe that the car salvage specialist is a sitting duck for a predator.
- It still could attract interest from overseas predators but it is far more likely in the short term that Harley will be forced to fall on his sword.
Origin 1920s: from Latin praedator 'plunderer', from praedat- 'seized as plunder', from the verb praedari (see predation). Definition of predator in US English: predatornounˈpredədərˈprɛdədər 1An animal that naturally preys on others. wolves are major predators of rodents Example sentencesExamples - The major groups of drilling marine predators include octopods and gastropods.
- The two early mammal species were probably predators, not scavengers, say the scientists.
- North American river otters are important predators of fish and aquatic invertebrates.
- Pauses may allow animals to increase detection both of predators and prey.
- Common predators of house sparrows include cats and other mammalian predators, birds of prey, and owls.
- They are also preyed upon by mammalian predators such as cats, and by snakes such as boas and anacondas.
- American paddlefish are predators of zooplankton and prey to other fishes, birds, and humans.
- This shielding along with the cryptic coloration of the predator prevents the prey from becoming alarmed.
- Superb predators, these animals surpass all other lizards in intelligence.
- Bluntnose minnows serve an important role as prey for larger animals and as a predator on insect larvae.
- If a pack of carnivorous mammals were to chase a lone prey animal into the tar pits, both predators and prey would become trapped.
- These portray a male or female figure with prey animals or predators.
- I also used domestic chicks with prior experience of both prey types as predators.
- This is thought to be an adaptation to deter mammalian and reptilian predators.
- Foxes as predators prey on lambs and chickens and kill native small marsupials and rodents.
- Mammalian predators such as raccoons readily prey on frogs with seemingly no ill effects.
- On the mainland they fall prey to both mammalian and avian predators.
- This may have made it the most easily accessible prey for predators in the nekton, such as fishes.
- Because of their offensive odor, skunks are rarely preyed on by mammalian predators.
- The fact is, we don't have good evidence yet what the dinosaur predator / prey ratios were like.
2A person or group that ruthlessly exploits others. a website frequented by sexual predators Example sentencesExamples - Women in those situations are particularly vulnerable to a predator and a manipulator like Ben.
- He said young people needed to be protected from sexual predators.
- We all have children and want them to be safe from these sexual predators.
- Without such help, sexual predators are doomed to repeat their crimes.
- So what should be done about keeping sexual predators from striking again?
- If only they were cleverer sexual predators, they might have easily got away with it!
- It's the reality that I had to face 20 years ago that there were sexual predators and child molesters out there.
- Psychologists have built up a detailed picture of how sexual predators operate on their child victims.
- In my mind, if what I have read and what I have heard on air, as you've pointed out, is correct, he is simply a sexual predator.
- 2.1 A company that tries to take over another.
Example sentencesExamples - That could make the business attractive to a larger predator who could integrate head office functions and justify a higher price.
- At the current share price, in an industry where consolidation is becoming a more pressing imperative, don't be surprised to see a predator pounce.
- But the Polish, Singapore and American interests might be useful as local bases to a predator.
- Given its lowly valuation, a growing number of brokers believe that the car salvage specialist is a sitting duck for a predator.
- If the program is meant to protect Canadian publications from American predators, then French magazines should not qualify for the cash.
- It is a decent management team and it might be in the predators' interests to keep the team sweet prior to a bidding war.
- It still could attract interest from overseas predators but it is far more likely in the short term that Harley will be forced to fall on his sword.
- Traders rely on instinct, on a sense of the direction of the herd, mindful of the constant threat of competing predators.
- To make matters worse, the once-proud company is being circled by predators.
- Poison pills are designed to make it prohibitively expensive for a predator to take over a company.
- A new poll underlines that people want Britain's quoted businesses to be protected from takeover by foreign predators.
- It had once been a predator itself, taking over a local rival and, in 1973, the Government-owned brewery in Carlisle.
- Now that global mobile phone sales have started to fall for the first time ever, producers may well have to turn predator in order to win market share.
- Granted, there are many who argue that the company is now the biggest predator on the landscape and is squeezing smaller carriers and airports.
- When we limit our children's access to television, we also limit corporate predators' access to our children.
Origin 1920s: from Latin praedator ‘plunderer’, from praedat- ‘seized as plunder’, from the verb praedari (see predation). |