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predatorial

predatorial adjective: predatory.

Adjective

predatorial (comparative more predatorial, superlative most predatorial)

  1. Predatory.
    • They tell us that the fresh waters at Hainin must have been substantial, for they included the remains of a large predatorial fish known as a bonytongue, or saratoga.2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 49

Forms of predatorial

comparativemore predatorial
superlativemost predatorial

Origin of predatorial

From Latin praedatori(us) + -al, equivalent to predator + -ial.

Words formed from predatorial

Words that rhyme with predatorial

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Questions about predatorial

What does predatorial mean?
Predatorial means predatory.
What part of speech is predatorial?
Predatorial is an adjective.

Words near predatorial in the dictionary

  1. predator bug
  2. predator bugs
  3. predator satiation
  4. predator saturation
  5. predator trap
  6. predatorial
  7. predatorially
  8. predatorily
  9. predatoriness
  10. predatorious
  11. predatorism

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