Definition of predaceous Predaceous
/pɹidejˈʃʌs/ - [preedeyshus] - pre•da•ceous
We found 5 definitions of predaceous from 4 different sources.
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What does predaceous mean?
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| predaceous - living by or given to victimizing others for personal gain; "predatory capitalists"; "a predatory, insensate society in which innocence and decency can prove fatal"- Peter S. Prescott; "a predacious kind of animal--the early geological gangster"- W.E.Swinton | ||
| predacious, predatory | ||
| predaceous - hunting and killing other animals for food | ||
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Wiktionary 
- predaceous (Adjective)
Surviving by preying on other animals.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- predaceous (a.)
Living by prey; predatory.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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predaceous
prē-dā′shus, adj. living by prey: predatory.—adj. Pred′able, raptorial.—n. Predā′cean, a carnivorous animal.—adj. Prē′dal, pertaining to prey: plundering.—n. Predā′tion, the act of plundering.—adv. Pred′atorily, plunderingly.—n. Pred′atoriness, inclination to plunder.—adj. Pred′atory, plundering: characterised by plundering: living by plunder: ravenous. [L. præda, booty.]
