apex predator en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (US) audio
Etymology
From apex + predator.
Meanings
-
An animal atop the food chain, preying on another animals, and not itself preyed upon.
And marijuana is not a Schedule I any more than a hedgehog is an apex predator. “You’re not scaring anyone, Roland. Get a tattoo.”
2017 April 2, Tim Carvell, Josh Gondelman, Dan Gurewitch, Jeff Maurer, Ben Silva, Will Tracy, Jill Twiss, Seena Vali, Julie Weiner, “Marijuana”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 4, episode 7, John Oliver (actor), Warner Bros. Television, via HBO:Alessi did as he was told, and I found out later that [Ghislaine] Maxwell got out and followed me. I didn’t know it yet, but an apex predator was closing in.
2025 October 15, Virginia Giuffre, “‘Prince Andrew believed having sex with me was his birthright’: Virginia Giuffre on her abuse at the hands of Epstein, Maxwell and the king’s brother”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:With a bite that could split a shark in two and an armored mug only a mother could love, Dunkleosteus was one of Earth’s earliest apex predators, terrorizing subtropical seas 360 million years ago during the Devonian Period.
2023 March 4, Jack Tamisiea, “Dunk Was Chunky, but Still Deadly”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:a. 2007, Martha Hiatt, quoted in, 2007, Wendell Jamieson, Father Knows Less, or, "Can I cook my sister?", Putnam, →ISBN, page 203, Killer whales are the oceans' apex predators, which means they are at the top of the food chain.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| apex predators | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (26)
pl drapieżnik alfa (an animal atop the food chain) · sv toppkonsument (an animal atop the food chain) · es predador ápex (an animal atop the food chain) · el κορυφαίο αρπακτικό (an animal atop the food chain) · fa شکارچی بزرگ (an animal atop the food chain) · fi huippusaalistaja (an animal atop the food chain) · ko 최상위 포식자 (an animal atop the food chain) · nb toppkonsument (an animal atop the food chain) · ru суперхи́щник (an animal atop the food chain) · pl drapieżnik szczytowy (an animal atop the food chain) · pt superpredador (an animal atop the food chain) · ko 정점 포식자 (an animal atop the food chain) · he טורף־על (an animal atop the food chain) · nn toppkonsument (an animal atop the food chain) · de Spitzenprädator (an animal atop the food chain) · hu csúcsragadozó (an animal atop the food chain) · fi huippupeto (an animal atop the food chain) · it superpredatore (an animal atop the food chain) · es depredador ápice (an animal atop the food chain) · fr superprédateur (an animal atop the food chain) · la praedātor apicālis (an animal atop the food chain) · nl toproofdier (an animal atop the food chain) · cmn 頂級掠食者 /顶级掠食者 (an animal atop the food chain) · ru сверххи́щник (an animal atop the food chain) · ja 頂点捕食者 (an animal atop the food chain) · ru вы́сший хи́щник (an animal atop the food chain)