predatory 音标拼音: [pr'ɛdət
, ɔri]
a . 掠夺的,进行掠夺的,捕食生物的
掠夺的,进行掠夺的,捕食生物的
predatory adj 1 :
characterized by plundering or pillaging or marauding ;
"
bands of marauding Indians "; "
predatory warfare "; "
a raiding party " [
synonym : {
marauding }, {
predatory }, {
raiding }]
2 :
living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey ; "
a predatory bird "; "
the rapacious wolf ";
"
raptorial birds "; "
ravening wolves "; "
a vulturine taste for offal " [
synonym : {
predatory }, {
rapacious }, {
raptorial },
{
ravening }, {
vulturine }, {
vulturous }]
3 :
living by or given to victimizing others for personal gain ;
"
predatory capitalists "; "
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 [
synonym : {
predaceous }, {
predacious },
{
predatory }]
Predatory \
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a . [
L .
praedatorius ,
fr .
praedari to plunder ,
fr .
praeda prey .
See {
Prey }.]
1 .
Characterized by plundering ;
practicing rapine ;
plundering ;
pillaging ;
as ,
a predatory excursion ;
a predatory party . "
A predatory war ." --
Macaulay .
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2 .
Hungry ;
ravenous ;
as ,
predatory spirits . [
Obs .]
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Exercise . . .
maketh the spirits more hot and predatory . --
Bacon .
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3 . (
Zool .)
Living by preying upon other animals ;
carnivorous .
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33 Moby Thesaurus words for "
predatory ":
all -
devouring ,
all -
engulfing ,
avaricious ,
bloodsucking ,
carnivorous ,
despoiling ,
extortionate ,
grabby ,
grasping ,
greedy ,
larcenous ,
looting ,
lupine ,
marauding ,
parasitic ,
pillaging ,
plundering ,
plunderous ,
predacious ,
rapacious ,
raptorial ,
ravaging ,
ravening ,
ravenous ,
robbing ,
sharkish ,
spoliatory ,
thieving ,
usurious ,
voracious ,
vulturine ,
vulturous ,
wolfish
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