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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
predator
noun
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■ ADJECTIVE
large
▪ Many birds lose the power of flight - for there are no large predators to make it worthwhile.
▪ There were very large predators, too, swimming beneath the scattered dandruff of flotsam.
▪ The only large predator of the region with a deeply forked tail, except for the Black Kite.
▪ But with them comes the threat of larger predators, namely the great white shark.
▪ The larger predators require large surroundings and as many are gross feeders, are tolerant of less than perfect water quality.
▪ Although their names make them sound like large predators, they are actually tiny insect larvae.
▪ The presence of a large predator of fish is not in the least surprising.
mammalian
▪ Digestion of the molars by mammalian predators varies considerably.
▪ Digestion can therefore be expected to be greater in mammalian predators, and so it has been found here.
▪ The diurnal birds of prey and the mammalian predators consistently have the highest rates of mandibular and maxillary breakage.
▪ The prey assemblages of the other mammalian predators have low values, probably because of the destruction of bone through chewing.
natural
▪ The rabbits you are after may already have been bolted by natural predators such as stoats, weasels, mink and pine martens.
▪ Unchecked by natural predators and conditions, they reproduce by the millions, chasing out native species.
▪ They lose much of their natural paranoia about predators, but is never disappears entirely.
▪ The king snake and the barn owl are natural predators.
▪ Aphids are kept in check by beetle banks and shelter strips of willow to harbour natural predators.
▪ But natural predators could benefit, especially the otter which is rare here, but may in time return.
▪ The maleos of Sulawesi have a number of natural predators.
other
▪ There were, however, other predators in the area - the birdwatcher's menace, cats.
▪ Also send in any records of mole remains in owl pellets or the diets of other predators.
▪ Like any other predator, leopards when hunting seek to get the maximum return for the minimum expenditure of energy.
▪ It is possible to work hard at a complete system and get very little from it because of interference by other predators.
▪ It is known to pick up tortoises, birds eggs and carrion, which may be stolen from other predators.
▪ Blackbirds, wrens and some others will mock a ferret just as readily as they mock any other predator.
▪ The prey assemblages of the other mammalian predators have low values, probably because of the destruction of bone through chewing.
■ NOUN
species
▪ In general, however, bone breakage is less in owl bone assemblages than in those of other predator species.
▪ Maybe one predator species notices only the colour, another only the shape, another only the texture, and so on.
▪ As would be expected, the predator species preserving the more intact skulls also preserve the highest frequencies of zygomatic process.
▪ The predator species studied here are described in the Appendix.
■ VERB
avoid
▪ In fact it seems likely that mountain goats are very successful at avoiding all these predators.
▪ Rather than using the diversity of behavior to explore, it can be used to avoid predators.
▪ But most animals, seeking to avoid attack from predators, use disguise in a quite different and more cautious way.
▪ Often the first application should be delayed as long as possible to avoid killing parasites and predators.
escape
▪ They escape predators mainly by avoiding them.
▪ That, indeed, is the way in which most animals escape their predators.
kill
▪ Because of the risk of injury and the need to kill prey quickly, predators usually predate animals smaller than themselves.
▪ Almost every hare during a population decline is killed by a predator and the few survivors suffer much stress.
protect
▪ The long spines of the sea urchins protect them from most predators.
▪ Angiletta said the primary purpose of the web site was to keep the public informed about legislation to protect children from predators.
▪ So plants, quite naturally, have the ability to protect themselves from predators, just as all other creatures do.
▪ Ants often farm colonies of aphids on garden plants, feeding off their honeydew, while protecting the aphids from predators.
▪ They lay comparatively few eggs but look after them carefully, protecting them from predators.
▪ Many fish have ingenious ways of protecting their eggs from predators, - mostly other fish.
▪ These shells provide a home for the crabs and protect them from predators and the elements.
▪ It had long been recognized that many species are protected from predators by colouring that provides camouflage.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ In due course the numbers will be drastically reduced by natural mortalities, disease and predators being the chief causes.
▪ It is a skill predators will readily learn.
▪ The long spines of the sea urchins protect them from most predators.
▪ The more striking the colours, the easier they are to remember - no predator is likely to forget these particular insects.
▪ The toxins defend them against predators, and most interestingly against the effects of bacteria and fungi.
▪ They also suspect that the move against wolves is part of a wider campaign against predators.
▪ This beetle discharges a very hot fluid from a special gland at potential predators.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
predator

1862, from Latin praedator "plunderer," from praedari "to rob" (see predation). Originally Predatores (Swainson, 1840) used of insects that ate other insects.

Wiktionary
predator

n. 1 any animal or other organism that hunts and kills other organisms (their prey), primarily for food 2 someone who attacks and plunders for gain 3 a sexual predator

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WordNet
predator

  1. n. someone who attacks in search of booty [syn: marauder, vulture, piranha]

  2. any animal that lives by preying on other animals [syn: predatory animal]

Wikipedia
Predator (film)

Predator is a 1987 American science fiction action horror film directed by John McTiernan. It stars Arnold Schwarzenegger as the leader of an elite special forces team who are on a mission to rescue hostages from guerrilla territory in Central America. Kevin Peter Hall co-stars as the titular antagonist, a technologically advanced form of extraterrestrial life secretly stalking and hunting the group. Predator was written by Jim and John Thomas in 1985, under the working title of Hunter. Filming began in April 1986 and creature effects were devised by Stan Winston.

The film's budget was around $15 million. 20th Century Fox released it in the United States on June 12, 1987, where it grossed $98,267,558. Initial critical reaction was mixed; criticism focused on the thin plot. In subsequent years, critics' attitudes toward the film became positive, and it has appeared on a number of "best of" lists. Two sequels, Predator 2 (1990) and Predators (2010), as well as two crossover films with the Alien franchise, Alien vs. Predator (2004) and Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (2007), have been produced. Another entry in the series is in the works at 20th Century Fox.

Predator (disambiguation)

A predator is an organism that feeds on another organism.

Predator or Predators may also refer to:

Predator (novel)

Predator is a crime fiction novel by Patricia Cornwell.

Predator (truck)

Predator Racing, Inc. is a monster truck team consisting of the trucks Predator, Prowler and Pouncer, all of which currently compete primarily on the USHRA Monster Jam circuit. The team is owned by Allen Pezo, and includes Pezo, Larry Jaruzel, Lenny Kuilder and Dale Mitchell as drivers. The trucks are famous for their " cat" designs, with the trucks modeled after a panther, tiger, and cheetah, respectively. The team also occasionally runs a conventional Dodge Ram by the name of Lone Eagle.

Predator (roller coaster)

Predator is a wooden roller coaster located at Darien Lake. It was designed by Curtis D. Summers and built by Dinn Corporation and opened in 1990.

Predator (alien)

The Predator (also known as Yautja or Hish-Qu-Ten) is a fictional extraterrestrial species featured in the Predator science-fiction franchise, characterized by its trophy hunting of other species for sport. First introduced in 1987 as the main antagonist of the film Predator, the Predator creatures returned in the sequels Predator 2 (1990) and Predators (2010), as well as the crossover franchise Alien vs. Predator (2004) and Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (2007).

The Predator has been the subject of numerous novels, video games, and comic books, both on their own and as part of the Alien vs. Predator crossover imprint. While a definitive name for the species is not given in the films, the names Yautja and Hish-qu-Ten have been alternatively used in the expanded universe. Created by brothers Jim and John Thomas, the Predators are depicted as large, sapient and sentient humanoid creatures who possess advanced technology, such as active camouflage, directed-energy weapons, and are capable of interstellar travel.

Predator (comics)

The Predator comic books are part of the Predator franchise published by Dark Horse Comics.

Predator (novel series)

The Predator novels are an extension of the Predator franchise, the most recent are published by Dark Horse Comics under their DH Press imprint. The first novel in the new series, Forever Midnight, was released in 2006 and proved a success (selling 1,000 copies a month 1) leading to further volumes being commissioned.

Predator (album)

Predator is the eleventh studio album by German heavy metal band Accept, released in 1996. It was produced by Michael Wagener and recorded at 16th Ave. Sound Studios, Nashville, Tennessee. Predator was Accept's last album before their hiatus from 1997, and their last recording with singer Udo Dirkschneider.

Drums and percussion, except on "Primitive", and additional percussion on "Predator" were played by Michael Cartellone from Damn Yankees and Lynyrd Skynyrd.

Predator (video game)

Predator is a 1987 side-scrolling action game based on the film of the same title.

Predator (franchise)

The Predator film series is a science fiction horror film franchise based on a race of fictional extraterrestrials created by Jim Thomas and John Thomas. Produced by 20th Century Fox, the series started in 1987 with the film Predator, which led to two sequels and novel, comic book and video game spin-offs. Related to the franchise are the Alien vs. Predator films, which combine the titular Predator with the creatures from the Alien film series.

Predator (soundtrack)

'Predator ' is the official soundtrack album of the 1987 science fiction film Predator. It was composed by Alan Silvestri. The score is completely orchestral and was released in 1987.

In 2003, Varèse Sarabande released the soundtrack album as part of its limited release CD Club collection; the album also includes the Elliot Goldenthal arrangement of the Fox fanfare used on Alien 3, where the penultimate note of the fanfare freezes and rises in crescendo before abruptly cutting off.

In 2010, the same year Predators featured an adaptation of Silvestri's score by John Debney, Intrada Records released the album in a 3000-copy limited edition with remastered sound, many cues combined and renamed, and most notably (as with Intrada's release of Basil Poledouris's score for RoboCop) presenting the original end credits music as recorded (the film versions are differently mixed). This release is notable for having sold out within a day.

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Usage examples of "predator".

Flying the predator via affinity was always an experience he enjoyed, the freedom granted to creatures of the air was unsurpassed.

The ill-fated Theocracy invasion had taught the predators of Boronia that human beings were easy prey.

Walk upstream along the brooklet, evading predators of every kind, until you come to a structure.

He would be first and foremost a human predator, a born manipulator who would get by in life by exploiting people and systems.

The Extinguisher had no quarrel with the natural predators, only the two-legged ones.

Raven did have something of the predator about him, but Mandeville was all wrong for her.

More than once, Keman had shifted to his dragon-form to frighten away predators that neither he nor Mero saw or sensed in any way.

As a parting gift for the otters who had done so much for her, she left the carcass of a small-horn buck anchored in fairly deep water near the underwater entrance to the den of the mustelids to make it difficult for other predators to rob her friends.

They were fast long-distance runners that could outdistance their predators only on the firm level surfaces of the windy steppes.

Some get lost in the outwoods and get hunted and killed and eaten by real predators.

It was a place Bob Preis often took his young children, and they especially liked the lion, not so originally named Leo, and the polar bears, and all the other predators that were safely confined behind steel bars and stone walls.

He felt like a fish swimming in the Great Sea of the Psychosphere, and like a fish he sensed the presence of some mighty predator.

Behind, the line of pyro predators began to root among the charred rubble for well-done meals.

People came back who had become gnawed by the radula of impossibly fast vermiform predators.

Mercer and I had met before, a recidivist, a sexual predator who repeated his acts with the same language and sexual interests he had used in the past.