predaceous
pre·da·ceous
adj \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
Variants of PREDACEOUS
pre·da·ceous or pre·da·cious \pri-ˈdā-shəs\
Examples of PREDACEOUS
- <the predaceous animals of the jungle, with the tiger at the top of the food chain>
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
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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