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Dictionary: pred·a·tor   (prĕd'ə-tər, -tôr') pronunciation
 
n.
  1. An organism that lives by preying on other organisms.
  2. One that victimizes, plunders, or destroys, especially for one's own gain.

[Latin praedātor, pillager, from praedārī, to plunder. See predatory.]


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Geography Dictionary: predator
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An organism which takes other live organisms as its food and thereby removes the prey individuals from a population.

 
Veterinary Dictionary: predator
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An animal that derives its life support by predation.

 
Gardener's Dictionary: predator
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As used in horticulture, a “good-guy” insect that preys upon insects that eat plants. Predators include ladybugs and praying mantises.

 
Wikipedia: Predator (disambiguation)
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A predator is an organism that feeds on another organism.

Predator may also refer to:

1987 film and spin-offs

Books

Military

Sports

Gaming

Music

Other uses


 
Translations: Predator
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - rovdyr, røver

Nederlands (Dutch)
roofdier, iemand die jacht maakt op anderen

Français (French)
n. - prédateur, (Comm) prédateur, attaquant

Deutsch (German)
n. - Raubfisch, Raubtier

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (ζωολ., μτφ.) αρπακτικό, άρπαγας

Italiano (Italian)
rapace, pesce rapace, predatore, animale rapace

Português (Portuguese)
n. - predador (m)

Русский (Russian)
хищник

Español (Spanish)
n. - pez de rapiña, depredador, fiera

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - rovdjur äv bildl. om person

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
掠夺者, 食肉动物

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 掠奪者, 食肉動物

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 약탈자, 육식동물

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 奪い取る人, 捕食者

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) حيوان ضار مفترس,‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮חיית-טרף, טורף, מנצל, עושק‬


 
 

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