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語源

Borrowed from Latin praedātor, from praedor (“loot, pillage”), from praeda (“booty, spoils, prey”).

発音

• (General American) IPA: /ˈpɹɛd.ə.tɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈpɹɛd.ə.tə/
• (Indic) IPA: /prɪˈɖe.ʈə(r)/

名詞

predator (plural predators)

1. Any animal or other organism that hunts and kills other nonplant organisms (their prey), primarily for food.

   Hyponym: mesopredator

   • 2018 October 15, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, The pollination of cultivated plants: A compendium for practitioners: Volume 2, Food & Agriculture Org., →ISBN, page 73:

     Hives should be positioned, oriented and protected to avoid predators and ensure survival in the meliponary. A study (pers. obs.) of predators shows that the main culprits in a Malaysian meliponary are frogs and lizards.

   • 2023, Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life Without Free Will, New York: Penguin, →ISBN:

     So if you're the only thing worth eating in the middle of the ocean, the predator that grabs you will probably have gotten there by a Levy walk.

2. Someone who attacks and plunders for gain.
3. A sexual predator.

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• parroted, prorated, protrade, rope dart, teardrop