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Meaning of "predacious" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PREDACIOUS

From Latin praeda plunder; compare predatory.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF PREDACIOUS

prɪˈdeɪʃəs


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PREDACIOUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Predacious is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PREDACIOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Predation

In ecology, predation is a biological interaction where a predator feeds on its prey. Predators may or may not kill their prey prior to feeding on them, but the act of predation often results in the death of its prey and the eventual absorption of the prey's tissue through consumption. Other categories of consumption are herbivory, mycophagy and detritivory, the consumption of dead organic material. All these consumption categories fall under the rubric of consumer-resource systems. It can often be difficult to separate various types of feeding behaviors. For example, some parasitic species prey on a host organism and then lay their eggs on it for their offspring to feed on it while it continues to live or on its decaying corpse after it has died. The key characteristic of predation however is the predator's direct impact on the prey population. On the other hand, detritivores simply eat dead organic material arising from the decay of dead individuals and have no direct impact on the "donor" organism. Selective pressures imposed on one another often leads to an evolutionary arms race between prey and predator, resulting in various antipredator adaptations.

Definition of predacious in the English dictionary

The definition of predacious in the dictionary is habitually hunting and killing other animals for food. Other definition of predacious is preying on others.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PREDACIOUS

amaryllidaceous · asclepiadaceous · audacious · berberidaceous · bodacious · capparidaceous · cycadaceous · edacious · hamamelidaceous · iridaceous · juglandaceous · lardaceous · lecythidaceous · mendacious · mordacious · orchidaceous · predaceous · rudaceous · sapindaceous · xyridaceous

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PREDACIOUS

pred. · predaceous · predaceousness · predaciousness · predacity · predate · predation · predatism · predative · predator · predatorily · predatoriness · predatory · predatory pricing · predawn · predeath · predebate · predecease · predecessor · prededuct

WORDS THAT END LIKE PREDACIOUS

atrocious · auspicious · bootylicious · conscious · delicious · efficacious · ferocious · gracious · luscious · malicious · precious · previous · self-conscious · spacious · specious · subconscious · suspicious · tenacious · unconscious · vicious · voracious

Synonyms and antonyms of predacious in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «predacious» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PREDACIOUS

Find out the translation of predacious to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of predacious from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «predacious» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

捕食
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

predacious
570 millions of speakers
en

English

predacious
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

हिंसक
380 millions of speakers
ar

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predacious
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

хищный
278 millions of speakers
pt

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predacious
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

লুণ্ঠনজীবী
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

prédatrices
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Berpura-pura
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Raub
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

捕食性の
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

육식성
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Predacious
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tham mồi
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

கொள்ளை அடிக்கிற
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

मूलभूत
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

yırtıcı
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

predacious
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

drapieżne
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

хижий
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

răpitor
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αρπακτικά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

predatoriese
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

predacious
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

predacious
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of predacious

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PREDACIOUS»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of predacious
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about predacious

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PREDACIOUS»

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Biological Control of Gastrointestinal Nematodes of ...
(1997) recently demonstrated that all types of nematophagous fungi ( endoparasitic and predacious) quickly invade dung when deposited on the ground. Potentially all types of fungi present on pasture could be picked up and passed in the ...
‎1998
2
Nematology: Advances and Perspectives
Barton (1977) provided a detailed description of the predacious and endoparasitic fungi of vermiform nematodes. After more knowledge of fungi associated with eggs, females, and cysts of sedentary endoparasitic nematodes, such as ...
Z. X. Chen, S. Y. Chen, Donald Ward Dickson, 2004
3
History of Insects
The predatory habit was surely widespread in the Mesozoic insects, and predacious insects were abundant in all kinds of terrestrial habitats. All major present-day predatory taxa are represented in the Mesozoic record; some of them (e.g., the ...
Natalya V. Belayeva, A.P. Rasnitsyn, Donald L. Quicke, 2002
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Biological Control
Most members of this family are predacious as both larvae and adults. spp. are important predators of //« typographic (Linnaeus) in central Europe (Mills and Schlup 1989). Cybocephalidae. Species in this family are predators of scales and  ...
R. G. Van Driesche, T. S. Bellows, 1996
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New Scientist
Predacious fungi that have been grown for a long time in the laboratory without eelworms still retain their baleful potentialities. The physiology of trap formation has been investigated by a number of French workers. They found that predacious ...
6
The Review of Applied Entomology: Agricultural. Series A
Pharoscymnus anchorage, predacious on Coccids in N. Africa, 84. Pharoscymnus setulosus, predacious on Coccids in N. Africa, 84. phaseoli, Phenacoccus. Phaseolus lunatus (Lima Beans), not attacked by Epilachna viginti - octopunctata in ...
‎1831
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Efficacy of Some Predacious Birds on Common Rodents
Regurgitated pellets were collected from the roosting sits of Barn Owl and Eagle Owl at El-Kalubiya Governorate during the period from Oct. 2009 to Sept. 2010 and Oct. 2010 to Sept. 2011 and from Barn Owl at Fayoum Governorate from Nov. ...
Norhan Yacoub, Ahmed Eid Abd El- Megeed Mahgoob, Eid Abd El- Megeed Mahgoob Ahmed, 2013
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Heteroptera of Economic Importance
Predacious. Plant. Bugs. (Miridae). A. G. Wheeler, Jr. 1. INTRODUCTION Ideas regarding mirid feeding habits have fluctuated widely over the past 150 years ( Wheeler 1976; see also Wheeler 2001). Some mid- 19th century authors ...
Carl W. Schaefer, Antonio Ricardo Panizzi, 2000
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Soil Biology
Animal substrates Apart from the group of predacious fungi which attack nematodes, protozoa and amoebae, very little attention has been paid to animal tissues or residues as substrates for fungi in soil. This is perhaps surprising, particularly ...
A Burgers, 2012
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Life in the Chesapeake Bay
The predacious diving beetle, Dytiscus spp., is another fierce underwater denizen. The female lays individual eggs in plant stems; they may hatch in 5-8 days, or perhaps not for months, depending on temperatures. The larvae, aptly called ...
Alice Jane Lippson, Robert L. Lippson, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PREDACIOUS»

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1
Are You Happy or Are You Gay?
... as an identity, rather the wanton, predacious, non-consensual same-sex acts between people whom he understood to be heterosexual. «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
2
Leech fly works for summer trout
In contrast to public opinion, most leeches are not actually bloodsuckers of warm-bodied animals. Most are predacious on cold-blooded fish ... «NG News, Jul 15»
3
Poroshenko: Our fortifications make it easier for enemy to sabotage …
... the necessity of a number of steps to avoid destabilization from within that might make Ukraine easy prey for a predacious enemy that doesn't ... «Interfax, Jul 15»
4
Vladimir Tarasenko's $60 million deal changes game for NHL RFAs
Now, though, teams need protection not only from themselves but from predacious competitors bearing offer sheets. The fear of losing a good ... «SI.com, Jul 15»
5
Horse health: The search for natural dewormers
Predacious fungi, organisms that attract and trap nematodes (roundworms), have been investigated over the years as a potential dewormer, but ... «Daily Racing Form, Jun 15»
6
Yellowstone lake trout suppression making gains
The effects of lake trout had already been seen in other western lakes where the non-native predacious fish had been introduced. "There was ... «Great Falls Tribune, Jun 15»
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Golden State Warriors: Top 2015 NBA Draft prospects for the 30th …
He has the potential to be a finisher in the paint but also possesses the frame and motor to immediately step-in as a predacious rebounder and ... «isportsweb.com, Jun 15»
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How to get rid of spider mites
Predator insects, such as lacewing larvae, predacious thrips and ladybugs can decimate spider mite populations if encouraged to stay in your ... «newtoncitizen, Jun 15»
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China's Jurassic Park is slowly revealing its paleontological secrets …
Instead, the Jehol was full of conifers, the perfect hiding spot for small mammals that lived alongside predacious dinosaurs. Mammals were ... «Nature World News, Jun 15»
10
BTC Exchange PS Coin Rebrands Itself to LZF: Interview with Co …
... predacious trading puts the average Joe at a severe disadvantage when trading. With our algorithm, there are no discontinuities in fairness. «Inside Bitcoins, Jun 15»
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