predator

Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɛd.ə.tɚ/

The English word “predator” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

Any animal or other organism that hunts and kills other nonplant organisms (their prey), primarily for food.
Someone who attacks and plunders for gain.
A sexual predator.

Borrowed from Latin praedātor, from praedor (“loot, pillage”), from praeda (“booty, spoils, prey”).

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