"predation" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-predation.wav [US] Forms: predations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: Borrowed from Latin praedātiō, praedātiōnis, from praedor (“pillage, plunder”), from praeda (“plunder, spoils”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|praedatio|praedātiō, praedātiōnis}} Latin praedātiō, praedātiōnis, {{m|la|praedor||pillage, plunder}} praedor (“pillage, plunder”), {{m|la|praeda||plunder, spoils}} praeda (“plunder, spoils”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} predation (countable and uncountable, plural predations)
  1. (zoology) The preying of one animal on others. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Zoology Translations (the preying of one animal on others): хищничество (hištničestvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 捕食 (bǔshí) (Chinese Mandarin), predatie (Dutch), saalistus (Finnish), prédation (French), მტაცებლობა (mṭacebloba) (Georgian), ნადირობა (nadiroba) (Georgian), Raub [masculine] (German), Jagd [feminine] (German), Prädation [feminine] [biology, natural-sciences] (German), pemangsaan (Indonesian), 捕食 (hoshoku) (alt: ほしょく) (Japanese), 포식 (posik) (Korean), pemangsaan (Malay), drapieżnictwo [neuter] (Polish), predação [feminine] (Portuguese), predatismo [masculine] (Portuguese), хи́щничество (xíščničestvo) [neuter] (Russian), охо́та (oxóta) [feminine] (Russian), predación [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-predation-en-noun-GUQBWVsB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 90 10 Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology Disambiguation of 'the preying of one animal on others': 99 1
  2. (obsolete) The action of attacking or plundering. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable Translations (the action of attacking or plundering): predación [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-predation-en-noun-zQZrbbOT Disambiguation of 'the action of attacking or plundering': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: indirect predation, secondary predation Related terms: predator, depredation, prey, predate

Inflected forms

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