adj
Meaning 1
Surviving by preying on other animals.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
predaceous
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CMU ARPABET: P R IY0 D EY1 SH AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adjective satellite
Meaning 2
living by or given to victimizing others for personal gain- Peter S. Prescott- W.E.Swinton
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- predatory capitalists
- a predatory, insensate society in which innocence and decency can prove fatal
- a predacious kind of animal--the early geological gangster
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: predacious, predatory
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
hunting and killing other animals for food
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: predacious
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Latin praedor + -aceous.