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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 foodplay

2. living by or given to victimizing others for personal gainplay

  Familiarity information: PREDACEOUS used as an adjective is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PREDACEOUS (adjective)


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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