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predaceous
adjective pre·da·ceous \pri-ˈdā-shəs\
Definition of PREDACEOUS
1
: living by preying on other animals : predatory
2
usually predacious : tending to devour or despoil : rapacious
— pre·da·ceous·ness noun
— pre·dac·i·ty \-ˈda-sə-tē\ noun
See predaceous defined for kids Variants of PREDACEOUS
pre·da·ceous or pre·da·cious \pri-ˈdā-shəs\
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Origin of PREDACEOUS
Latin praedari to prey upon (from praeda prey) + English -aceous or -acious (as in rapacious) — more at prey
First Known Use: 1713
Related to PREDACEOUS
- Synonyms
- predatory (or predacious), rapacious, raptorial
Rhymes with PREDACEOUS
audacious, bodacious, capacious, cetaceous, crustaceous, curvaceous, drupaceous, edacious, fallacious, flirtatious, fugacious, hellacious, herbaceous, loquacious, mendacious, micaceous, pomaceous, pugnacious, rapacious, rosaceous, sagacious, salacious, sebaceous, sequacious, setaceous, tenacious, testaceous, tufaceous, ungracious, veracious, vinaceous, voracious
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