PREDATION
Dictionary entry overview: What does predation mean? • PREDATION (noun)
The noun PREDATION has 2 senses:
1. an act of plundering and pillaging and marauding
2. the act of preying by a predator who kills and eats the prey
Familiarity information: PREDATION used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PREDATION (noun)
Meaning:
An act of plundering and pillaging and marauding
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
depredation; predation
Hypernyms ("predation" is a kind of...):
pillage; pillaging; plundering (the act of stealing valuable things from a place)
Meaning:
The act of preying by a predator who kills and eats the prey
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("predation" is a kind of...):
hunt; hunting (the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts)
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