A person or an animal that hunts a smaller weaker person or animal.
• PREDATION (noun). The noun PREDATION has 2 senses: 1. an act of plundering and pillaging and marauding. 2. the act of preying by a predator who kills and eats the prey. Familiarity information: PREDATION used as a noun is rare. Full Definition of PREDATION. 1. : the act of preying or plundering: depredation. 2. : a mode of life in which food is primarily obtained by the killing and consuming of animals. See predation defined for English-language learners. See predation defined for kids. ADVERTISEMENT. noun. The lion is a predator. The lion is a predator. The definition of a predator is a person or an animal that hunts a smaller weaker person or animal. An example of a predator is a lion hunting a gazelle. a predatory person or animal. back-formation; from predatory.
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