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depredators

depredators is the plural of depredator.

Meaning of depredator

Noun

depredator (plural depredators)

  1. One who depredates, or commits depredation.
    • An open heath, a close plantation, were alike subjects of his apprehension; and the whistle of a shepherd lad was instantly converted into the signal of a depredator.1817 December 31 (indicated as 1818), [Walter Scott], chapter III, in Rob Roy. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co. […]; London: Longman, Hurst...

Questions about depredators

What is depredators the plural of?
Depredators is the plural of depredator.

Words near depredators in the dictionary

  1. depredates
  2. depredating
  3. depredation
  4. depredations
  5. depredator
  6. depredators
  7. depredatory
  8. depreference
  9. depreferenced
  10. depreferences
  11. depreferencing

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