Meanings
- uncountableA type of hunting where the predator uses a combination of running and tracking to pursue the prey to exhaustion.
Lieberman believes they ran their prey to death, often called “persistence hunting.”
2009 March 18, Maywa Montenegro, “The Running Man, Revisited”, in Seed, archived from the original on 23 Mar 20091 more example
Supplied with water, any good marathoner probably has the endurance to chase down a zebra, antelope, or steenbok. However, there's more to persistence hunting than endurance, a lot more.
2016, Joseph Henrich, chapter 5, in The Secret of Our Success […] , Princeton: Princeton University Press, →ISBNSynonyms: endurance hunting
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA type of hunting where the predator uses a combination of running and tracking to pursue the prey to exhaustion.
Translations
Dutch renjacht
- renjachtTranslations
German Hetzjagd
- HetzjagdTranslations
Cite this entry
persistence hunting. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/persistence%20hunting
“persistence hunting.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/persistence%20hunting. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “persistence hunting,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/persistence%20hunting.
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