| Pronunciation: | | pri'deyshun
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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- [n] the act of preying by a predator who kills and eats the prey
- [n] an act of plundering and pillaging and marauding
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PREDATION is a 9 letter word that starts with P. |
| | Synonyms: | | depredation |
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| | See Also: | | hunt, hunting, pillage, pillaging, plundering |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Pre*da"tion\, n. [L. praedatio, fr. praedari to
plunder.]
The act of pillaging. --E. Hall.
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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | A type of organism-organism interaction where one species feeds on another species (or rarely, on a member of the same species). In general, the predator species that does the feeding benefits from this relationship, while the prey species which gets eaten is harmed by the relationship. |
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