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单词 depredate
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Definition of depredate in English:

depredate

verb ˈdɛprədeɪt
[with object]
  • Steal from, typically using force; plunder.

    many types of predators depredate bird nests
    wandering flocks of pigeons depredating barley crops
    Example sentencesExamples
    • On Triangle Island, bald eagles are known to depredate tufted puffins.
    • If eggs hatched and were then depredated within three days, failure may have been incorrectly assigned to the incubation stage.
    • Various raptor species formed the next most common group, depredating seven nests, all with nestlings.
    • First, the rate at which eggs were depredated was analyzed with survival (or failure time) analysis.
    • Many types of predators depredate bird nests and thus potentially influence the spatial distribution of their prey.
    • Dease's journal provides accounts of wandering flocks of pigeons depredating barley crops at Fort Simpson, far to the north of their known breeding range.
    • Winter, using clay eggs in artificial nests, inferred that midsized predators do not depredate nests farther than 60 metres from edges in tall-grass prairie.
    • As a result, the species that most frequently depredate nests vary among studies.
    • Each year, many groups failed to produce offspring or the offspring were depredated prior to sampling.
    • Do southern flying squirrels frequently depredate songbird nests in other areas?
    • In those broods that were not depredated, nestling survival was high.
    • Chief among the amendments to the bill was a section creating a permit that would allow a landowner to kill antlerless white-tailed deer believed to be depredating crops.
    • It has been reported that martens can depredate up to 100% of the local population of pied flycatchers breeding in nest-boxes in Latvia.
    • A federal permit is not required to kill a bird when it depredates a crop
    • The number of eggs depredated by ghost crabs was estimated by counting those eggs that had a small circular section of the eggshell removed.
    • Because egg predation is high during laying, many eggs may have been depredated before we found them, especially the first and second eggs of a clutch.
    Synonyms
    pillage, loot, rob, raid, ransack, strip, fleece, ravage, lay waste, devastate, maraud, sack, rape

Origin

Early 17th century: from Latin depraedat- 'plundered', from the verb depraedari.

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