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Webster 1913 Edition

Predation

Pre-da′tion

,

Noun.

[L.

praedatio

, fr.

praedari

to plunder.]

The act of pillaging.

E. Hall.

Definition 2025

predation

predation

See also: prédation

English

Noun

predation ‎(plural predations)

the preying of one animal on others
the action of attacking or plundering

Translations

the preying of one animal on others

Chinese:
Mandarin: 捕食 (zh) ‎(bǔshí)
Dutch: predatie
Finnish: saalistus (fi)
French: prédation (fr)

German: Raub (de) m, Jagd (de) f
Indonesian: pemangsaan (id)
Japanese: 捕食 ‎(ほしょく, hoshoku)
Korean: 포식 (ko) ‎(posik)
Malay: pemangsaan
Russian: хи́щничество (ru) n ‎(xíščničestvo), охо́та (ru) f ‎(oxóta)

the action of attacking or plundering