predator

• prædator (obsolete)

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

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɛd.ə.tɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɛd.ə.tə/

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predator (plural predators)

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

• mesopredator

• predation
• predatory
• prey

• parroted, prorated, protrade, rope dart, teardrop

Borrowed from Latin praedātor.

• IPA^(key): /ˌpreːˈdaː.tɔr/

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• Hyphenation: pre‧da‧tor

predator m (plural predatoren)

1. (biology, chiefly zoology) a predator, organism (usually animal) that kills other non-plant organisms for food
2. a human predator (criminal, in particular a sexual predator)

• roofdier

• predatie
• prederen

Borrowed from Latin praedator.

• IPA^(key): /prědaːtor/
• Hyphenation: pre‧da‧tor

prèdātor m (Cyrillic spelling прѐда̄тор)

1. predator