predacious
Origin of predacious
1- Also especially Biology, pre·da·ceous .
Other words from predacious
- pre·da·cious·ness, pre·dac·i·ty [pri-das-i-tee]; /prɪˈdæs ɪ ti/; especially Biology, pre·da·ceous·ness, noun
- un·pre·da·ceous, adjective
- un·pre·da·ceous·ly, adverb
- un·pre·da·ceous·ness, noun
- un·pre·da·cious, adjective
- un·pre·da·cious·ly, adverb
- un·pre·da·cious·ness, noun
Words Nearby predacious
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How to use predacious in a sentence
The sea-leopard, the only predacious member of the seal family, has an elongated agile body and a large head with massive jaws.
The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas MawsonThus was a graminivorous animal nurtured by a carnivorous and predacious one!
The Book of Curiosities | I. PlattsThose warlike and predacious Indians would not keep the peace, nor would they allow other people to do so.
Myths & Legends of our New Possessions & Protectorate | Charles M. SkinnerAmong animals, the Orthoceratites led a predacious life in the Silurian seas.
The World Before the Deluge | Louis FiguierBugs are all injurious to man, excepting such as are predacious, which are serviceable by destroying other insects.
American Pomology | J. A. Warder
British Dictionary definitions for predacious
predaceous
/ (prɪˈdeɪʃəs) /
(of animals) habitually hunting and killing other animals for food
preying on others
Origin of predacious
1Derived forms of predacious
- predaciousness, predaceousness or predacity (prɪˈdæsɪtɪ), noun
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