predation en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Borrowed from Latin praedātiō, praedātiōnis, from praedor (“pillage, plunder”), from praeda (“plunder, spoils”).
Meanings
- (countable, uncountable) The preying of one animal on others.
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(countable, obsolete, uncountable) The action of attacking or plundering.
[…]this priest roade in his goune of velvet, with a greate trayne, and was received into every Religion with Procession, as though the legate had bene there, and toke such greate sommes for his visitacion, that the religious sore were greved, and murmured much against it, and in especiall, for they were charged with greate sommes of money to the kyng, and now thys sodayn visitacion or predacion, cleane shaved them.
a. 1547, Edward Hall, “The XVII Yere”, in King Henry the VIII, volume II, London: T. C. & E. C. Jack, published 1904, page 48:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| predations | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
hyperpredation · micropredation · secondary predation · kleptopredation · antipredation · macropredation · indirect predation
Relateds
depredation · predate · prey · predator
Translations (22)
fr prédation (the preying of one animal on others) · de Plünderung (the action of attacking or plundering) · de Jagd (the preying of one animal on others) · bg хищничество (the preying of one animal on others) · ka მტაცებლობა (the preying of one animal on others) · ka ნადირობა (the preying of one animal on others) · pt predação (the preying of one animal on others) · pt predatismo (the preying of one animal on others) · ja 捕食 (the preying of one animal on others) · ms pemangsaan (the preying of one animal on others) · es predación (the preying of one animal on others) · ru охо́та (the preying of one animal on others) · ko 포식 (the preying of one animal on others) · de Prädation (the preying of one animal on others) · id pemangsaan (the preying of one animal on others) · ru хи́щничество (the preying of one animal on others) · fi saalistus (the preying of one animal on others) · nl predatie (the preying of one animal on others) · es predación (the action of attacking or plundering) · de Raub (the preying of one animal on others) · cmn 捕食 (the preying of one animal on others) · pl drapieżnictwo (the preying of one animal on others)