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predacious

predacious is the alternative spelling of predaceous.

Meaning of predaceous

Adjective

predaceous (comparative more predaceous, superlative most predaceous)

  1. Surviving by preying on other animals.

Forms of predacious

comparativemore predacious
superlativemost predacious

Origin of predacious

From Latin praedor + -acious.

Words formed from predacious

Questions about predacious

What is predacious the alternative spelling of?
Predacious is the alternative spelling of predaceous.

Words near predacious in the dictionary

  1. predacean
  2. predaceans
  3. predaceous
  4. predaceously
  5. predaceousness
  6. predacious
  7. predaciousness
  8. predacities
  9. predacity
  10. predal
  11. predamage

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Adapted from Wiktionary: predacious (page history and authors); predaceous (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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