PREDATORY ANIMAL

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Any animal that lives by preying on other animals

Synonyms:

predator; predatory animal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("predatory animal" is a kind of...):

animal; animate being; beast; brute; creature; fauna (a living organism characterized by voluntary movement)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "predatory animal"):

carnivore (any animal that feeds on flesh)

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