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PREDACEOUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does predaceous mean?
• PREDACEOUS (adjective)
The adjective PREDACEOUS has 2 senses:
1. hunting and killing other animals for food
2. living by or given to victimizing others for personal gain
Familiarity information: PREDACEOUS used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Hunting and killing other animals for food
Synonyms:
predaceous; predacious
Similar:
carnivorous ((used of plants as well as animals) feeding on animals)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Living by or given to victimizing others for personal gain
Synonyms:
predaceous; predacious; predatory
Context example:
a predacious kind of animal--the early geological gangster
Similar:
acquisitive (eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas)
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