Anti predator
zoology. any organism that exists by upon other organisms.
a predatory person.
noun
any carnivorous animal
a predatory person or thing
n.
1862, from latin praedator “plunderer,” from praedari “to rob” (see predation). originally predatores (swainson, 1840) used of insects that ate other insects.
predator
(prěd’ə-tər)
an animal that lives by capturing and eating other animals.
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