Meanings
adjectivepredatorial (comparative more predatorial, superlative most predatorial)
comparative more predatorial · superlative most predatorial
- Predatory.
They tell us that the fresh waters at Hainin must have been substantial, for they included the remains of a large predatorial fish known as a bonytongue, or saratoga.
2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 49
Origin
- Latinpraedatori(us)
- Englishpredatorial
From Latin praedatori(us) + -al, equivalent to predator + -ial.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with predatorial
editorialmemorialtutorialequatorialterritorialjanitorialpictorialcombinatorialborealgubernatorialfactorialsenatorialdirectoriallorealdictatorialarmorialprosecutorialcuratorialcorporealimmemorialprofessorialarborealmultifactorialconspiratorial
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
predatorial. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/predatorial
MLA
“predatorial.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/predatorial. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “predatorial,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/predatorial.
Source: predatorial on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.