Definition of Predatory animal

1. Noun. Any animal that lives by preying on other animals.

Exact synonyms: Predator
Generic synonyms: Animal, Animate Being, Beast, Brute, Creature, Fauna
Specialized synonyms: Carnivore

Lexicographical Neighbors of Predatory Animal

predate
predated
predates
predating
predation
predations
predatism
predatisms
predator
predator-bug
predator bug
predator bugs
predatorily
predators
predatory
predatory animal (current term)
predatory pricing
predawn
predawns
predeal
predeath
predeaths
predebate
predecay
predecease
predeceased
predeceaser
predeceasers
predeceases
predeceasing

Literary usage of Predatory animal

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Design in Nature: Illustrated by Spiral and Other Arrangements in the by James Bell Pettigrew (1908)
"A large predatory animal like the ichthyosaurus must have required a very ample food supply, and every addition to its swimming power must have been a ..."

2. Report by Washington (State). Dept. of Agriculture (1914)
"The following list of cooperating states, together with the amounts appropriated last year for predatory animal work, is interesting: Arizona ?25000 ..."

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