PREDACEOUS

Meaning of PREDACEOUS in English

( a. )

Living by prey; predatory.

Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

PREDACEOUS — or predacious adjective see: prey Date: 1713 living by preying on other animals ; predatory , tending to devour or …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PREDACEOUS — adjective see predacious
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PREDACEOUS — (a.) Living by prey; predatory.
Английский словарь Webster
PREDACEOUS — adj. preying on other animals, hunting other creatures for food
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
PREDACEOUS — or pre·da·cious pri-ˈdā-shəs Etymology: Latin praedari to prey upon (from praeda prey) + English -aceous or -acious (as in rapacious …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PREDACEOUS — adj living by prey; predatory.
Webster English vocab
PREDACEOUS — [pre.da.ceous] or pre.da.cious adj [L praedari to prey upon (fr. praeda prey) + E -aceous or -acious (as in rapacious)--more …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PREDACEOUS — predaceous, predacious BrE AmE pri ˈdeɪʃ əs prə- ▷ predaceous|ness nəs nɪs
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PREDACEOUS — хищный
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
PREDACEOUS — хищный
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
PREDACEOUS — adj. Variant: or pre · da · cious Pronunciation: pri- ' d ā -sh ə s Function: adjective Etymology: Latin …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
PREDACEOUS DIVING BEETLE — also called diving beetle, or true water beetle any member of the cosmopolitan insect family Dytiscidae (order Coleoptera), containing more …
Britannica English vocabulary
ROBBER FLY — noun Date: 1871 any of a family (Asilidae) of predaceous dipteran flies including some resembling bumblebees
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
RAPTORIAL — adjective Date: 1825 predaceous 1, adapted to seize prey, of, relating to, or being a bird of prey
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PREDATORY — adjective Date: 1589 1. of, relating to, or practicing plunder, pillage, or rapine, inclined or intended to injure or exploit …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PREDACITY — noun see: predaceous
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PREDACIOUS — adjective see: predaceous
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PREDACEOUSNESS — noun see: predaceous
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ODONATE — noun Etymology: irregular from Greek odous, odōn tooth Date: 1947 any of an order (Odonata) of predaceous insects comprising the …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
NILE PERCH — noun Date: 1926 a large predaceous food fish ( Lates niloticus ) of the rivers and lakes of northern and …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
FLOWER BUG — noun Date: circa 1889 any of various small mostly black-and-white predaceous bugs (family Anthocoridae) that frequent flowers and feed on …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CENTIPEDE — noun see: foot Date: 1601 any of a class (Chilopoda) of long flattened many-segmented predaceous arthropods with each segment bearing …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BOWFIN — noun Date: 1845 a predaceous dull-green iridescent North American freshwater fish ( Amia calva ) that is the only surviving …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BARRACUDA — noun (plural -da or -das) Etymology: American Spanish Date: 1678 any of a genus ( Sphyraena of the family Sphyraenidae) …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
WAHOO — Species ( Acanthocybium solanderi ) of swift-moving, powerful, predaceous food and game fish found worldwide, especially in the tropics. A …
Английский словарь Британика
EEL — Any of more than 500 fish species (order Anguilliformes) that are slender, elongated, and usually scaleless, with long dorsal and …
Английский словарь Британика
DRAGONFLY — Any member of the insect suborder Anisoptera (order Odonata), characterized by four large, membranous, many-veined wings, that, when at rest, …
Английский словарь Британика
DAMSELFLY — Any of numerous predaceous insects of the suborder Zygoptera (order Odonata) having eyes that project to each side. When at …
Английский словарь Британика
CADDIS FLY — Any member of about 7,000 species of mothlike aquatic insects (order Trichoptera) found worldwide, usually in freshwater habitats but sometimes …
Английский словарь Британика
PREDACIOUS — adjective or pre·da·ceous prēˈdāshəs, prə̇ˈd- Etymology: predacious, from Latin praedari to plunder, prey upon + English -acious (as in rapacious …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DRAGONFLY — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun 1. : any of numerous large predaceous insects constituting the order Odonata, having a large freely movable head …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WATER BEETLE — any of several thousand species of aquatic beetles (order Coleoptera), including members of the families Haliplidae (crawling water beetles), Amphizoidae …
Britannica English vocabulary

Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary

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