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predaceous
(encz) | predaceous, adj: |
Predaceous
(gcide) | Predaceous \Pre*da"ceous\, a. [L. praeda prey. See Prey.]
Living by prey; predatory. --Derham.
[1913 Webster] |
predaceous
(wn) | predaceous
adj 1: hunting and killing other animals for food [syn:
predacious, predaceous]
2: 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 [syn: predaceous, predacious,
predatory] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
predaceous
(encz) | predaceous, adj: |
predaceous
(wn) | predaceous
adj 1: hunting and killing other animals for food [syn:
predacious, predaceous]
2: 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 [syn: predaceous, predacious,
predatory] |
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