Definitions for predaceous
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. predacious, predaceousadjective

   hunting and killing other animals for food

2. predaceous, predacious, predatoryadjective

   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

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1. predaceousadjective

   Surviving by preying on other animals.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Predaceousadjective

   Living by prey.

   Etymology: from præda, Lat.

   As those are endowed with poison, because they are predaceous; so these need it not, because their food is near at hand, and may be obtained without contest. William Derham.

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1. predaceous

   Predation is a biological interaction where one organism, the predator, kills and eats another organism, its prey. It is one of a family of common feeding behaviours that includes parasitism and micropredation (which usually do not kill the host) and parasitoidism (which always does, eventually). It is distinct from scavenging on dead prey, though many predators also scavenge; it overlaps with herbivory, as seed predators and destructive frugivores are predators. Predators may actively search for or pursue prey or wait for it, often concealed. When prey is detected, the predator assesses whether to attack it. This may involve ambush or pursuit predation, sometimes after stalking the prey. If the attack is successful, the predator kills the prey, removes any inedible parts like the shell or spines, and eats it. Predators are adapted and often highly specialized for hunting, with acute senses such as vision, hearing, or smell. Many predatory animals, both vertebrate and invertebrate, have sharp claws or jaws to grip, kill, and cut up their prey. Other adaptations include stealth and aggressive mimicry that improve hunting efficiency. Predation has a powerful selective effect on prey, and the prey develop antipredator adaptations such as warning coloration, alarm calls and other signals, camouflage, mimicry of well-defended species, and defensive spines and chemicals. Sometimes predator and prey find themselves in an evolutionary arms race, a cycle of adaptations and counter-adaptations. Predation has been a major driver of evolution since at least the Cambrian period.

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1. predaceous

   Predaceous refers to living by seizing or killing other animals for food. It characterizes certain species of animals that are predatory in nature.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. Predaceousadjective

   living by prey; predatory

2. Etymology: [L. praeda prey. See Prey.]

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1. 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.]

EntomologyRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Predaceous

   applied to insects that live by preying upon other organisms.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of predaceous in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

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   The numerical value of predaceous in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=predaceous
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Predaceous
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=predaceous
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predaceous
5. ^ ChatGPT
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6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/predaceous
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=predaceous
8. ^ Entomology
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/22748/22748-h/22748-h.htm#:~:text=predaceous