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apex predator

apex predator noun: an animal atop the food chain, preying on another animals, and not itself preyed upon.

apex predator: an animal atop the food chain, preying on another animals, and not itself preyed upon
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Noun

apex predator (plural apex predators)

  1. An animal atop the food chain, preying on another animals, and not itself preyed upon.
    • a. 2007, Martha Hiatt, quoted in, 2007, Wendell Jamieson, Father Knows Less, or, "Can I cook my sister?", Putnam, →ISBN, page 203,
      Killer whales are the oceans' apex predators, which means they are at the top of the food chain.
    • And marijuana is not a Schedule I any more than a hedgehog is an apex predator. “You’re not scaring anyone, Roland. Get a tattoo.”2017 April 2, Tim Carvell, Josh Gondelman, Dan Gurewitch, Jeff Maurer, Ben Silva, Will Tracy, Jill Twiss, Seena Vali, Julie Weiner, “Marijuana”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 4...

apex predator meaning in Kannada and Persian

apex predator in Kannada

ಆಹಾರ ಸರಪಳಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಮೇಲುವರ್ಗದ ಜೀವಿ

apex predator in Persian

an animal atop the food chain
شکارچی بزرگ šekârči-ye bozorg

Forms of apex predator

pluralapex predators

Origin of apex predator

From apex + predator.

Questions about apex predator

What does apex predator mean?
Apex predator means an animal atop the food chain, preying on another animals, and not itself preyed upon.
What is apex predator in Kannada?
Apex predator in Kannada is ಆಹಾರ ಸರಪಳಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಮೇಲುವರ್ಗದ ಜೀವಿ. See Apex predator meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is apex predator?
Apex predator is a noun.
What is the plural of apex predator?
The plural of apex predator is apex predators.

Words near apex predator in the dictionary

  1. apex
  2. apex court
  3. apex courts
  4. apex fallacies
  5. apex fallacy
  6. apex predator
  7. apex predators
  8. APEX time
  9. apexcardiogram
  10. apexcardiograms
  11. apexcardiographic

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