predaceous
- a variation of predacious.
Example Sentences
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Birds and predaceous insects often manage small populations but there may be times you decide to intercede.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 6, 2024
In nature it is kept in check by various predators such as ladybugs, a gall midge, predaceous mites and several pirate bugs, all of them extremely sensitive to insecticides.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
Just because you’ve called something a spider once doesn’t mean that the next time you have to call it an arachnid or a predaceous eight-legged creepy-crawly.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
As is the case with most predaceous birds, the female is larger and bolder than the male, and will attack birds superior to herself in size.
From British Birds in their Haunts by Johns, Rev. C. A.
Many of the wasps are predaceous, and destroy numerous insects to feed their larvæ.
From American Pomology Apples by Warder, J. A.
