predacious

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pre·da·cious

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also pre·da·ceous (prĭ-dā'shəs) pronunciation

adj.

Living by seizing or taking prey; predatory.
Given to victimizing, plundering, or destroying for one's own gain: "the most vicious, predacious, esurient and desperate elements of this society" (Claude Brown).

[From Latin praedārī, to plunder. See predatory.]

predaciousness pre·da'cious·ness or pre·da'ceous·ness or pre·dac'i·ty (-dăs'ĭ-tē) n.

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - rovdyr-

Nederlands (Dutch)
roofzuchtig, als roofdier levend

Français (French)
adj. - rapace

Deutsch (German)
adj. - räuberisch

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - (για ζώο) αρπακτικός

Italiano (Italian)
rapace

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - predatório

Русский (Russian)
хищный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - rapaz, depredador

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - rovdjurs-, rovgirig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
捕食生物的, 食肉的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 捕食生物的, 食肉的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 포식성의, 육식의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 捕食する, 強欲な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) سلبي, نهبي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮טורפת (חיה)‬

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