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Meaning of Predator | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

ˈpɹɛd.ə.tɚ

Definitions

Any animal or other organism that hunts and kills other nonplant organisms (their prey), primarily for food.
Someone who attacks and plunders for gain.
A sexual predator.

Equivalents

Afrikaans roofdier

العربية المفترس خطاف ضار مفترس

Azərbaycanca yırtıcı

Беларуская драпежнік хіжа́к

Bosanski peto predator предатор

Català depredador predador

Čeština dravčí dravec

Dansk rovdyr

Deutsch Beutegreifer Lefze Prädator Räuber Raubfisch Raubtier

Ελληνικά άρπαγας αρπακτικό θηρίο

Español depredador predador

Suomi herja peto saalistaja

Français prédateur

Gaeilge creachadóir

עברית טורף

हिन्दी दरिंदा

Hrvatski peto predator предатор

Magyar ragadozó

Հայերեն գիշատիչ

Bahasa Indonesia pemangsa

Íslenska rándýr

Italiano predatore predone

日本語天敵捕食者

Қазақша жыртқыш

한국어 천적

Latina praedator

Македонски грабливец предатор

Bahasa Melayu pemangsa

Nederlands predator roofdier roofvis

Polski drapieżnik

Português predador

Română prădător

Русский хищник

Slovenščina plenilec ujeda

Српски peto predator предатор

Svenska rovdjur

ไทย นักล่า ผู้ล่า

Türkmençe ýyrtyjy

Türkçe yırtıcı

Українська хижак

اردو درندہ

Examples

“Hives should be positioned, oriented and protected to avoid predators and ensure survival in the meliponary. A study (pers. obs.) of predators shows that the main culprits in a Malaysian meliponary are frogs and lizards.”

“So if you're the only thing worth eating in the middle of the ocean, the predator that grabs you will probably have gotten there by a Levy walk.”

CEFR level

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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