predative

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adjective

Pertaining to predation or a predator; predatory.

First used 20th c.Scrabble 15
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Meanings

adjectivepredative (comparative more predative, superlative most predative)

comparative more predative · superlative most predative

  1. Pertaining to predation or a predator; predatory.First known use 20th c.

    Her face was pale, yellowish, with a clear, transparent skin, she leaned forward rather, her features were strongly marked, handsome, with a tense, unseeing, predative look.

    1914, D. H. Lawrence, The Wedding Ring

Origin

From predat(ion) + -ive.

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Chicago

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