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predatorial
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English
Etymology
From Latin praedatori(us) + -al, equivalent to predator + -ial.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɔːɹiəl
Adjective
predatorial (comparative more predatorial, superlative most predatorial)
- Predatory.
- 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 49:
- 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.
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