predatory animal

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• predatory animal — noun any animal that lives by preying on other animals • Syn: ↑predator • Hypernyms: ↑animal, ↑animate being, ↑beast, ↑brute, ↑creature, ↑fauna • …   Useful english dictionary

• predatory animal — An animal which preys upon the livestock of farmers …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• predatory — pred|a|to|ry [ˈpredətəri US to:ri] adj [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: praedatorius, from praedari to seize and take away , from praeda stolen things ] 1.) a predatory animal kills and eats other animals for food 2.) trying to use someone s… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• predatory — adjective 1 a predatory animal kills and eats other animals for food 2 trying to use someone s weakness to get advantages for yourself: predatory share buying by large foreign companies …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• Predatory tunicate — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum …   Wikipedia

• Animal colouration — has been a topic of interest and research in biology for well over a century. Colours may be cryptic (functioning as an adaptation allowing the prevention of prey detection; aposematic (functioning as a warning of unprofitability) or may be the… …   Wikipedia

• predatory — ► ADJECTIVE 1) (of an animal) naturally preying on others. 2) seeking to exploit others …   English terms dictionary

• animal — n. 1) to domesticate an animal; to tame; train a wild animal 2) to trap an animal 3) to hunt wild animals 4) to butcher, slaughter animals (for food) 5) to skin an animal 6) to stuff an animal 7) to neuter an animal 8) a carnivorous, flesh… …   Combinatory dictionary

• animal — animalic /an euh mal ik/, animalian /an euh may lee euhn, mayl yeuhn/, adj. /an euh meuhl/, n. 1. any member of the kingdom Animalia, comprising multicellular organisms that have a well defined shape and usually limited growth, can move… …   Universalium

• Animal trapping — Trap nets used to trap birds (tacuinum sanitatis casanatensis); 14th century. Animal trapping, or simply trapping, is the use of a device to remotely catch an animal. Animals may be trapped for a variety of purposes, including food, wildlife… …   Wikipedia

• Animal welfare in Nazi Germany — There was widespread support for animal welfare in Nazi Germanycite book author= Thomas R. DeGregori title= publisher= Cato Institute location= year= 2002 pages= p153 isbn= 1930865317 oclc= doi=] and the Nazis took several measures to ensure… …   Wikipedia