predacious
Use Predacious in a sentence
ʃəs adjective
predatory; rapacious.
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| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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predacious or predaceous (prɪˈdeɪʃəs) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | (of animals) habitually hunting and killing other animals for food |
| 2. | preying on others |
| [C18: from Latin praeda plunder; compare | |
| predaceous or predaceous | |
| —adj | |
| [C18: from Latin praeda plunder; compare | |
| pre'daciousness or predaceous | |
| —n | |
| pre'daceousness or predaceous | |
| —n | |
| predacity or predaceous | |
| —n | |
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Example sentences
Vernal pools also support several species of insects including predacious diving beetles and crawling water beetles.
Predacious copepods were not common in the wetlands.
In fact, almost all of the predacious fish species in the lake utilize alewives in their diet.
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