predation

Meanings

• Noun

  The act of prey being hunted and killed by a predator.

  - "The lion is a fierce predator in the African savannah."
  - "Sharks are apex predators in the ocean food chain."

• Noun

  The action or practice of exploiting, controlling, or destroying weaker entities.

  - "Corporations engage in predation against small businesses."
  - "Political predation is the misuse of power for personal gain."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with predation
predator , creator , innocent , cedant , fledgling

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Variants

List of all variants of predation that leads to same result
predation , predations , predation pressure , predation pressures , sexual predation , sexual predator

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Etymology

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From the Latin word 'praedator', meaning 'plunderer' or 'priest before the battle'.

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Trivia

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1. The largest living predator is the blue whale, which feeds on krill.

2. The smallest living predator is the parasitic wasp, which lays its eggs inside other insects.

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Related Concepts

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1. Prey: An organism that is hunted or pursued by another organism for food or sport.

2. Predator: An organism that preys on others for food or sustenance.

3. Food chain: A sequence of organisms that feed on one another in a community.

4. Natural selection: The process by which certain inherited traits increase an individual's chances of survival and reproduction.

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Culture

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Predation is a common theme in literature, particularly in works of nature and survival. It is also used metaphorically to describe power dynamics and exploitation in various contexts.

How to Memorize "predation"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a lion stalking its prey in the grasslands.
   - Visualize a shark hunting in the ocean.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word with the image of a lion or shark.
   - Think of the word 'hunter' or 'exploiter'.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the mnemonic 'Predators Prey Prey'
   - Create a sentence like 'Predation starts with P'.

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