predation
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predation
Rhymes with -eɪʃən
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Borrowed from Latin praedātiō, praedātiōnis, from praedor (“pillage, plunder”), from praeda (“plunder, spoils”).
noun predations
- The preying of one animal on others.
- The action of attacking or plundering. […]this priest roade in his goune of velvet, with a greate trayne, and was received into every Religion with Procession, as though the legate had bene there, and toke such greate sommes for his visitacion, that the religious sore were greved, and murmured much against it, and in especiall, for they
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noun the preying of one animal on others
| Español | predación |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 포식 posik |
| 日本語 | 捕食 hoshoku |
| 中文 | 捕食 bǔshí |
| Português | predação, predatismo |
| Français | prédation |
| Deutsch | Raub, Jagd, Prädation |
| Русский | хи́щничество xíščničestvo, охо́та oxóta |
noun the action of attacking or plundering
| Español | predación |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Plünderung |
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@misc{predation_2026,
title = {predation},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/predation},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
