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Predaceous

Predaceous Meaning & Definition
Predaceous Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Predaceous?

[adj] 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
[adj] hunting and killing other animals for food

Synonyms | Synonyms for Predaceous: acquisitive | carnivorous | predacious | predatory

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Predaceous In Webster's Dictionary

\Pre*da"ceous\, a. [L. praeda prey. See {Prey}.] Living by prey; predatory. --Derham.

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