predator en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈpɹɛd.ə.tə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈpɹɛd.ə.tɚ/ (General-American)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin praedātor, from praedor (“loot, pillage”), from praeda (“booty, spoils, prey”).
Meanings
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Any animal or other organism that hunts and kills other nonplant organisms (their prey), primarily for food.
Hives should be positioned, oriented and protected to avoid predators and ensure survival in the meliponary. A study (pers. obs.) of predators shows that the main culprits in a Malaysian meliponary are frogs and lizards.
2018 October 15, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, The pollination of cultivated plants: A compendium for practitioners: Volume 2, Food & Agriculture Org., →ISBN, page 73:So if you're the only thing worth eating in the middle of the ocean, the predator that grabs you will probably have gotten there by a Levy walk.
2023, Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life Without Free Will, New York: Penguin, →ISBN:
- (informal) Someone who attacks and plunders for gain.
- (informal, slang) A sexual predator.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| prædator | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic | |
| predators | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
hyperpredator · Predditor · predator satiation · predatorlike · predophile · nonpredator · predator saturation · ambush predator · sit-and-wait predator · predator trap · predatorial · superpredator · predatorious · macropredator · sexual predator · interpredator · micropredator · cyberpredator · anti-predator · kleptopredator · predatorism · predator bug · apex predator
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Translations (108)
alt барынтычы (animal or organism that hunts) · zza dırıtoğ (animal or organism that hunts) · ug يىرتقۇچ (animal or organism that hunts) · eo kaperanto (animal or organism that hunts) · mk предатор (animal or organism that hunts) · es depredador (someone who attacks and plunders) · it predatore (animal or organism that hunts) · kk жыртқыш (animal or organism that hunts) · zza nengu eşten (someone who attacks and plunders) · fi peto (animal or organism that hunts) · fr prédateur (animal or organism that hunts) · mn махчин амьтан (animal or organism that hunts) · be хіжа́к (animal or organism that hunts) · bg хи́щник (animal or organism that hunts) · nl roofdier n roofvis (animal or organism that hunts) · nb rovdyr (animal or organism that hunts) · hu ragadozó (someone who attacks and plunders) · sh прѐда̄тор (animal or organism that hunts) · ga creachadóir (animal or organism that hunts) · sv rovdjur (animal or organism that hunts) · cs dravec (animal or organism that hunts) · mk грабливец (animal or organism that hunts) · cmn 掠奪者 /掠夺者 (someone who attacks and plunders) · sl plenilec (animal or organism that hunts) · fo ránsdýr (animal or organism that hunts) · tk ýyrtyjy (animal or organism that hunts) · hi दरिंदा (animal or organism that hunts) · ms pemangsa (animal or organism that hunts) · th ผู้ล่า (animal or organism that hunts) · ota یرتیجی (animal or organism that hunts) · uz darranda (animal or organism that hunts) · cy rheibiwr (animal or organism that hunts) · ba йыртҡыс (animal or organism that hunts) · mi konihi (someone who attacks and plunders) · et kiskja (animal or organism that hunts) · tr yırtıcı (animal or organism that hunts) · sk dravec (animal or organism that hunts) · it predone (someone who attacks and plunders) · de Raubtier (animal or organism that hunts) · nn rovdyr (animal or organism that hunts) · pt predador (animal or organism that hunts) · kmr dirinde (animal or organism that hunts) · el άρπαγας (someone who attacks and plunders) · de Raubfisch (animal or organism that hunts) · sq grabitqar (animal or organism that hunts) · sl ujeda (animal or organism that hunts) · tg дарранда (animal or organism that hunts) · fa-ira دَرَنْدِه (animal or organism that hunts) · ka მტაცებელი (animal or organism that hunts) · uk хижа́к (animal or organism that hunts) · he טוֹרֵף (animal or organism that hunts) · de Prädator (animal or organism that hunts) · ar ضَارٍ (animal or organism that hunts) · la praedātor (someone who attacks and plunders) · ps ښکارکوونکی (animal or organism that hunts) · ko 천적 (animal or organism that hunts) · sh prèdātor (animal or organism that hunts) · gl predador (someone who attacks and plunders) · hy գիշատիչ (animal or organism that hunts) · hu ragadozó (animal or organism that hunts) · ca predador (animal or organism that hunts) · ca depredador (animal or organism that hunts) · ja 天敵 (animal or organism that hunts) · fo ránsdjór (animal or organism that hunts) · pl drapieżnik (animal or organism that hunts) · zza dırıter (animal or organism that hunts) · az yırtıcı (animal or organism that hunts) · pt predador (someone who attacks and plunders) · prs دَرِنْدَه (animal or organism that hunts) · fi saalistaja (animal or organism that hunts) · uz yirtqich (animal or organism that hunts) · cmn 掠食者 (animal or organism that hunts) · kmr hov (animal or organism that hunts) · cy ysglyfaethwr (animal or organism that hunts) · fa-cls دَرَنْدَه (animal or organism that hunts) · th นักล่า (animal or organism that hunts) · ru хи́щник (someone who attacks and plunders) · cmn 天敵 /天敌 (animal or organism that hunts) · de Beutegreifer (animal or organism that hunts) · dsb tergate zwěrje (animal or organism that hunts) · la praedātor (animal or organism that hunts) · ur دَرِنْدَہ (animal or organism that hunts) · mi kaikonihi (animal or organism that hunts) · ky жырткыч (animal or organism that hunts) · it predatore (someone who attacks and plunders) · vi động vật ăn thịt (animal or organism that hunts) · es depredador (animal or organism that hunts) · es predador (animal or organism that hunts) · el αρπακτικό (someone who attacks and plunders) · br preizher (animal or organism that hunts) · id pemangsa (animal or organism that hunts) · ca depredador (someone who attacks and plunders) · el αρπακτικό (animal or organism that hunts) · uk хижа́к (someone who attacks and plunders) · gl predador (animal or organism that hunts) · ro prădător (animal or organism that hunts) · ar مُفْتَرِس (animal or organism that hunts) · ru хи́щник (animal or organism that hunts) · nl predator (animal or organism that hunts) · af roofdier (animal or organism that hunts) · is rándýr (animal or organism that hunts) · lt plėšrūnas (animal or organism that hunts) · dsb rubjažne zwěrje (animal or organism that hunts) · tt ерткыч (animal or organism that hunts) · lv plēsonis (animal or organism that hunts) · sv predator (animal or organism that hunts) · da rovdyr (animal or organism that hunts) · be драпе́жнік (animal or organism that hunts)