WordNet
n. any animal that lives by preying on other animals [syn: predator]
Usage examples of "predatory animal".
Kosminski seems too docile and passive to have been a predatory animal nightly on the hunt for victims of opportunity.
He feels like a predatory Animal, as if this Town were ancient to him, his Hunting-Ground, his Fell so mis-remember'd in nearly all Details, save where lie the Bound'ries he does not plan to cross.
Gregori smelled wild and dangerous, a merciless, predatory animal.
There was no hint of a smile in his black eyes, rather that strange look that reminded Corinne of a predatory animal.
Lowie gave a cautionary woof, but she seemed utterly confident and tensed like a predatory animal ready to spring.
She snarled and her teeth looked like those of a small predatory animal.
Predatory species raiding Jefferson's farms and ranches have increased their populations by twenty percent over the past ten years, due largely to stringent environmental regulations setting aside much of the Damisi highlands as inviolate conservation sanctuary and establishing narrow criteria for classifying an attacking native predatory animal as sufficiently dangerous to warrant shooting it.
He felt himself acutely attuned, a predatory animal in the jungle, knowing his terrain but aware of something intrusive that must be identified lest he become hunted instead of hunter.
The warrior watched Radience like a predatory animal, but the girl met the gaze without flinching.
It was a primordial bellow, the menacing challenge of some great predatory animal.
The system he eventually chose was twofold: Ixian surveillance devices to keep him informed of any unau-thorizes intrusions, and some form of predatory animal to deal with the intruders.
He was heavy, but Juliette was strong, and she dragged him into the cover of the bushes, sending up a small prayer that no predatory animal would find him defenseless, propped up against a broad tree trunk.
For the first time in my life I had felt full, unreasoning fear, and it had gripped me like the paws of some grotesque predatory animal.