predator
noun
any organism that exists by preying upon other organisms.
predators
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pluralof predator.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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For a month, they had waited and worried about the fate of their beloved Jack Russell terrier, Luna, who disappeared with fate uncertain among the predators and wildlife in Yellowstone National Park.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
Some members of this group eventually became enormous predators, rivaling tyrannosaurs in size.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026
Dr David Sands, a human-companion animal practitioner at the Animal Behavioural Clinic in Chorley, Lancashire, said tigers were predators that would naturally attack.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
Maybe I’d just cultivated too much shark knowledge, well aware that these apex predators are docile and do not hunt humans like they do in Peter Benchley’s novel.
From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026
Frightful had arrived in the Galapagos Islands, six hundred miles out in the Pacific Ocean, where the birds and reptiles had lived for hundreds of thousands of years, perhaps millions, without predators.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
