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Living by prey; predatory.
Incorrect spelling; see predacious and predatory. 15
feeding on animals.
Predatory. An organism that hunts and eats other animals.
hunting and killing other animals for food
This means the animal will hunt and eat other animals. The old rule comes to mind, big fish eat little fish
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.Swinton
(adjective) living by preying on other animals: predatory. From Latin praedari, to prey upon (1713). E.g., mosquito fish are "predaceous" on mosquitoes.
An insect or animal that searches for other insects or animals for food.
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