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predaceousness

noun

(of an animal, usually a bird) The quality of subsisting off live prey.

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14
Starts with
P
Ends with
S
Contains
RE
Scrabble score
19

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noun

  1. (of an animal, usually a bird) The quality of subsisting off live prey.

    “The rapacity of carnivorous animals has been considered by some writers to have had a considerable effect on the distribution and even on the extinction of others.”

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The rapacity of carnivorous animals has been considered by some writers to have had a considerable effect on the distribution and even on the extinction of others.

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