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predacious
OXFORD DICTIONARY
predacious, adj. (also predaceous)
1 (of an animal) predatory.
2 relating to such animals (predacious instincts).
1 (of an animal) predatory.
2 relating to such animals (predacious instincts).
Derivative
predaciousness n. predacity n.
Etymology
L praeda booty: cf. audacious
THESAURUS
predacious
all-devouring, all-engulfing, bloodsucking, cannibal, cannibalistic, carnivorous, commensal, dietetic, dining, eating, extortionate, feeding, flesh-eating, fruitarian, gastronomic, gluttonous, grabby, grain-eating, graminivorous, granivorous, grasping, grass-eating, herbivorous, insect-eating, insectivorous, lactovegetarian, looting, lupine, man-eating, marauding, meat-eating, mensal, nourishing, nutritious, omnivorous, omophagous, pantophagous, parasitic, phytivorous, phytophagous, pillaging, plant-eating, plundering, plunderous, postprandial, prandial, predatory, preprandial, rapacious, raptorial, ravaging, ravening, ravenous, sharkish, spoliatory, vegetable-eating, vegetarian, vulturine, vulturous, wolfishFor further exploring for "predacious" in Webster Dictionary Online