relating to or denoting an animal or animals preying naturally on others
以捕食其他动物为生的,食肉的
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predatory birds .食肉性鸟类。
〈喻〉 掠夺的;掠夺成性的
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in pubs she always felt at the mercy of predatory men .在酒吧,她总觉得自己受掠夺成性的男士摆布。
"late 16th cent. (in the sense relating to plundering): from Latin