"beast of prey" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: beasts of prey [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|beasts of prey}} beast of prey (plural beasts of prey)
  1. A carnivorous animal that hunts for its food, especially one that preys on vertebrates. Categories (lifeform): Carnivores Translations (animal): egërsirë [feminine] (Albanian), bishë [feminine] (Albanian), سَبْع (sabʕ) [masculine] (Arabic), գիշատիչ (gišatičʻ) (Armenian), хи́щник (híštnik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 食肉動物 (Chinese Mandarin), 食肉动物 (shíròu dòngwù) (Chinese Mandarin), 猛獸 (Chinese Mandarin), 猛兽 (měngshòu) (Chinese Mandarin), šelma [feminine] (Czech), roofdier (Dutch), rabobesto (Esperanto), peto (Finnish), petoeläin (Finnish), bête de proie [feminine] (French), Raubtier [neuter] (German), κτήνος (ktínos) [neuter] (Greek), ragadozó (Hungarian), 肉食動物 (nikushoku dōbutsu) (alt: にくしょくどうぶつ) (Japanese), 육식 동물 (yuksik dongmul) (alt: 肉食動物) (Korean), predador [masculine] (Portuguese), хи́щник (xíščnik) [masculine] (Russian), šelma [feminine] (Slovak), fiera [feminine] (Spanish), rovdjur [neuter] (Swedish), yırtıcı hayvanlar (Turkish), ravanim (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-beast_of_prey-en-noun-fOdyTM~M Disambiguation of Carnivores: 83 17 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 63 37 Disambiguation of 'animal': 100 0
  2. (figuratively) A predatory person, savagely cruel and ruthless in their treatment of others. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-beast_of_prey-en-noun-lE00jgmX

Inflected forms

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