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predacious

DEFINITIONS OF: predacious

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adj hunting and killing other animals for food

Synonyms:
predaceous
carnivorous
(used of plants as well as animals) feeding on animals

adj living by or given to victimizing others for personal gain

“"a predacious kind of animal--the early geological gangster"- W.E.Swinton”
Synonyms:
predaceous, predatory
acquisitive
eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas
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