English Explanatory Dictionary

predator

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any animal or other organism that hunts and kills other nonplant organisms (their prey), primarily for food.
  2. Someone who attacks and plunders for gain.
  3. A sexual predator.

Pronunciation

/ˈpɹɛd.ə.tɚ/ /ˈpɹɛd.ə.tə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-predator.wav /prɪˈɖe.ʈə(r)/

Word forms

predator predators prædator

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin praedātor, from praedor (“loot, pillage”), from praeda (“booty, spoils, prey”).

Related words

predation predatory prey

Derived words

ambush predator anti-predator apex predator cyberpredator hyperpredator interpredator kleptopredator macropredator micropredator nonpredator predator bug predatorial predatorious predatorism predatorlike predator satiation predator saturation Predditor predophile sexual predator sit-and-wait predator superpredator
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