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apex predators

apex predators is the plural of apex predator.

Meaning of apex predator

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.

Questions about apex predators

What is apex predators the plural of?
Apex predators is the plural of apex predator.

Words near apex predators in the dictionary

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

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