Predator

Definitions

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

Equivalents

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⟳.”

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