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predacious
/ prɪˈdeɪʃəs; prɪˈdæsɪtɪ /
adjective
- (of animals) habitually hunting and killing other animals for food
- preying on others
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Derived Forms
- ˈ岹dzܲԱ, noun
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Other yvlog Forms
- ·岹cdzܲ·Ա ·岹··ٲ [pri-, das, -i-tee]; especially Biology, ·岹cdzܲ·Ա noun
- ܲp·岹cdzܲ adjective
- ܲp·岹cdzܲ·ly adverb
- un·岹cdzܲ·Ա noun
- ܲp·岹cdzܲ adjective
- ܲp·岹cdzܲ·ly adverb
- un·岹cdzܲ·Ա noun
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of predacious1
First recorded in 1705–15; pred(atory) + -acious
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of predacious1
C18: from Latin praeda plunder; compare predatory
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The picture tells the story of a young woman, Danae, who’s been locked in a high tower by her father to keep her away from predacious men.
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She feels shut out by the city’s predacious, moneyed tribes, battered by its “impenetrable shapes” and “fierce elbows.”
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They’re predacious, eating whatever they can get their grubby hands on.
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Now, four days later, Nukita warned us that a similarly predacious swarm of print and television reporters lay in wait for us in Kathmandu.
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Metastasis therefore requires the untethering of these bonds, to allow predacious cancer cells to migrate freely.
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