predaceousness 1
noundomain: property
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EnglishDefinition
(of an animal, usually a bird) The quality of subsisting off live prey.
Examples
- 1.The rapacity of carnivorous animals has been considered by some writers to have had a considerable effect on the distribution and even on the extinction of others.
Synonyms
- rapacity 3
(of an animal, usually a bird) The quality of subsisting off live prey.
- predaciousness 1
(of an animal, usually a bird) The quality of subsisting off live prey.
- rapaciousness 3
(of an animal, usually a bird) The quality of subsisting off live prey.
