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1. Characterised by plundering; practicing rapine; plundering; pillaging; as, a predatory excursion; a predatory party. "A predatory war."
2. Hungry; ravenous; as, predatory spirits. "Exercise . . . Maketh the spirits more hot and predatory." (Bacon)
3. <zoology> Living by preying upon other animals; carnivorous.
Origin: L. Praedatorius, fr. Praedari to plunder, fr. Praeda prey. See Prey.
(01 Mar 1998)
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