predator
predator
Definition
preda·tor (pred′ə tər)
predator
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- aphid: These all make good predators of aphids and other insects that would damage garden plants.
- pest: The green lacewing is an important predator of the insect pests of maize.
Converse of object
- deter: This pungent odor would normally serve to deter potentially, predators.
- evade: Small bodied species, like roe deer, may evade predators more by concealment.
- confuse: The mass dive helps to confuse predators who may be lurking nearby.
Adjective modifier
- voracious: They are voracious predators which the water vole has not evolved to cope with.
- ferocious: I to heavy armor protected it from the most ferocious predators.
- mammalian: All would be vulnerable to mammalian predators ( Ryan & Glass, 2001 ).
- fearsome: Investigate their social lives and how they defended themselves against those fearsome predators.
- carnivorous: The vast majority of arachnids are carnivorous, active predators.
- nocturnal: Moorish Idols change to a darker color at night, to reduce their chances of being spotted by nocturnal predators.
Modifies a noun
- drone: Iraqi gunners have shot down unmanned Predator spy drones.
- fishing: All aspects of predator fishing are covered from lure to dead bait, from bank to boat.
- angler: Old Bury Hill Lake - Boats A busier week for the boats with a lot of predator anglers taking to the water.
- prey: A talk which looks at population dynamics, predator prey relationships and factors ( biotic and abiotic ) affecting animal populations.
- avoidance: Transient movements last milliseconds and are typically used for catching prey or predator avoidance.
Noun used with modifier
- generalist: There is some evidence that they are quite heavily predated by spiders and other generalist predators.
- aphid: This is partly because of the presence of Cornish hedges and hedge bottoms which provide a habitat for natural aphid predators such as ladybirds.
- apex: Sitting on top of this web is the great white shark, unchallenged apex predator of the South African seas.
- insect: Research is being done on the possibility of introducing European insect predators in order to control the growing invasion.
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