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"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
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Predaceous — Pre*da ceous, a. [L. praeda prey. See {Prey}.] Living by prey; predatory. Derham. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
predaceous — index larcenous Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
predaceous — or predacious adjective Etymology: Latin praedari to prey upon (from praeda prey) + English aceous or acious (as in rapacious) more at prey Date: 1713 1. living by preying on other animals ; predatory 2. (usually predacious) tending to devour or… … New Collegiate Dictionary
predaceous — См. predacious … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
predaceous — adjective Surviving by preying on other animals. See Also: predatory … Wiktionary
predaceous — pre·da·ceous || prɪ deɪʃəs adj. preying on other animals, hunting other creatures for food … English contemporary dictionary
predaceous — pre·da·ceous … English syllables
predaceous — a. pertaining to preying; living on prey. ♦ predacity, n … Dictionary of difficult words
predaceous diving beetle — ▪ insect also called diving beetle , or true water beetle, any of more than 4,000 species of carnivorous, aquatic beetles (insect order Coleoptera) that prey on organisms ranging from other insects to fish larger than themselves. Diving… … Universalium
Dytiscidae — Predaceous diving beetles Thermonectus sp. (Dytiscinae: Aciliini) inhabiting rock pool at Thiruvannamalai, India Scientific classification … Wikipedia
