predator
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| —n | |
| 1. | any carnivorous animal |
| 2. | a predatory person or thing |
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Predator
is always a great word to know.
So is aschelminthes. Does it mean:
| phylum comprised of annelids |
| major grouping of small-to-microscopic pseudocoelomate organisms |
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
predator
1922, from L. praedator "plunderer" (see predation). Originally (1840) used of insects that ate other insects.
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American Heritage
Science Dictionary
| predator (prěd'ə-tər) Pronunciation Key
An animal that lives by capturing and eating other animals. |
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Example sentences
The wild buffalo, which grazes on grass, faces few predators.
If all else fails, an octopus can lose an arm to escape a predator's grasp and regrow it later with no permanent damage.
One candidate, a microscopic animal called a rotifer that is a natural predator in estuaries, looks promising.
He is now making a robot predator to see how the shoal reacts to less benign intruders.
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