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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
Generic synonyms: Animal, Animate Being, Beast, Brute, Creature, Fauna
Specialized synonyms: Carnivore
Lexicographical Neighbors of Predatory Animal
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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