About The Word Predaceous
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Predaceous
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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 Related Terms | Find terms related to Predaceous: See Also | Predaceous In Webster's Dictionary \Pre*da"ceous\, a. [L. praeda prey. See {Prey}.]
Living by prey; predatory. --Derham.
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