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predatorlike

predatorlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a predator; predatory.

Adjective

predatorlike (comparative more predatorlike, superlative most predatorlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a predator; predatory.
    • This line of research helps analyze what reactions different species of sharks have toward predatorlike electric fields and how these responses might or might not change over time.2013 January 9, Charles Choi, “Even sharks in egg cases can detect predators' electric fields”, in NBC News

Forms of predatorlike

comparativemore predatorlike
superlativemost predatorlike

Origin of predatorlike

From predator + -like.

Questions about predatorlike

What does predatorlike mean?
Predatorlike means resembling or characteristic of a predator; predatory.
What part of speech is predatorlike?
Predatorlike is an adjective.

Words near predatorlike in the dictionary

  1. predatorially
  2. predatorily
  3. predatoriness
  4. predatorious
  5. predatorism
  6. predatorlike
  7. predators
  8. predatory
  9. predatory conference
  10. predatory conferences
  11. predatory incursion

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