predatory
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
predatory /ˈprɛdət(ə)ri/
▶adjective
- 1 (of an animal) preying naturally on others.
- 2 seeking to exploit others.
– derivatives
predatorily adverb,
predatoriness noun.
predatorily adverb,
predatoriness noun.
'predatory' also found in these Oxford entries:
alderfly
- ant lion
- asp
- assassin bug
- barracuda
- bluefish
- bowfin
- butterfly fish
- carabid
- cephalopod
- cone shell
- conger
- crocodile
- Cyclops
- devil's coach-horse
- diving beetle
- dog whelk
- dragonfly
- drill
- errant
- escolar
- frigate bird
- great white shark
- helmet
- horseleech
- lacewing
- leech
- mantis
- moray
- mulloway
- murex
- neuropteran
- Nile perch
- pike
- pond skater
- predacious
- predatory pricing
- ragworm
- raptorial
- robber fly
- scorpion fly
- shark
- shrike
- skua
- snake
- spider
- sun spider
- tiger beetle
- toothed whale
