Definitions for predations

predations pre·da·tion

Spelling: [pri-dey-shuh n]
IPA: /prɪˈdeɪ ʃən/

Predations is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 1841 anagrams from letters in predations (adeinoprst).

Definitions for predations

noun

  1. depredation; plundering.
  2. act of plundering or robbing.
  3. predatory behavior.
  4. a relation between animals in which one organism captures and feeds on others.

Origin of predations

1425-75; late Middle English Latin praedātiōn- (stem of praedātiō) a taking of booty, plundering, equivalent to praedāt(us), past participle of praedārī to plunder, catch (see Examples for predations

This “double whammy” of predation and competition enables jellyfish to cripple a food chain by essentially nibbling at its ankles.

WGA is classified as a lectin—a term for a protein produced by an organism to protect itself from predation.

Starvation, disease, war, and predation were common threats for a majority of our evolutionary history.

Nesting failure resulted from severe weather, predation, parasitism by cowbirds, and human interference.

Thus, before the advent of man the factor of predation may not have been of great consequence.

A local study of predation upon hares and grouse during the cyclic decimation.

Such small rodents constitute another potential source of predation.

The absence of the pressure of predation should remove a certain amount of control on the population turn-over.

Freedom from the pressure of predation probably exerts a direct influence on formation of species.

I have been able to find only a few specific references to predation on it.

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