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preda·tor (pred′ə tər)

noun

a predatory person or animal

Etymology: back-form. < predatory

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predator Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • aphid: These all make good predators of aphids and other insects that would damage garden plants.

Converse of object

  • deter: This pungent odor would normally serve to deter potentially, predators.

Adjective modifier

  • voracious: They are voracious predators which the water vole has not evolved to cope with.

Modifies a noun

  • drone: Iraqi gunners have shot down unmanned Predator spy drones.

Noun used with modifier

  • generalist: There is some evidence that they are quite heavily predated by spiders and other generalist predators.
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