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单词 depredator
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Definition of depredator in English:

depredator

noun ˈdɛprɪdeɪtəˈdɛprəˌdeɪdər
archaic
  • A person or thing that makes depredations, especially a predatory animal.

    〈古〉食肉动物;破坏者;掠夺者;破坏物

    Example sentencesExamples
    • His uneasiness when the whip was used, testified by clamorous complaints, made the whole scene so amusing that the depredators were allowed to depart without a word of remonstrance.
    • The stone passage was built on a fairly level bit of ground, close to some great loose rocks under which the feline depredator was probably hiding at the time.
    • The depredators were, however, stunned with the courageous defiance by the Queen's soldiers.
    • Also, they have quite a reputation as a depredator of quail, chicken, and turkey eggs.
    • Seeing the boy scudding away at such a rapid pace, he very naturally concluded him to be the depredator.

Derivatives

  • depredatory

  • adjective dɪˈprɛdət(ə)riˌdɛprɪˈdeɪt(ə)ridəˈprɛdəˌtɔri
    archaic
    • And evolution of any management strategy requires knowledge on depredatory birds' feeding guild structure, breeding and roosting ecology.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • These sections regulate the taking and permitted killing of nongame mammals and depredatory animals.
      • Consuming an excessive water volume, also as a consequence of the use of depredatory irrigation equipments, the 342.900 hectares of irrigated farming along the valley contribute for the river's contamination, its affluent and the underground water.
      • The coastal States remain united in seeking a permanent solution to poaching, depredatory and illegal fishing practices in the form of a legally-binding agreement.
      • The epidemic proportions of ignorant depredatory exploitation of the natural resources of our planet is unfortunately an all-round reality of the present day, representing a strong additional factor disturbing the biological equilibrium.

Definition of depredator in US English:

depredator

nounˈdɛprəˌdeɪdərˈdeprəˌdādər
archaic
  • A person or thing that makes depredations, especially a predatory animal.

    〈古〉食肉动物;破坏者;掠夺者;破坏物

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Also, they have quite a reputation as a depredator of quail, chicken, and turkey eggs.
    • His uneasiness when the whip was used, testified by clamorous complaints, made the whole scene so amusing that the depredators were allowed to depart without a word of remonstrance.
    • The stone passage was built on a fairly level bit of ground, close to some great loose rocks under which the feline depredator was probably hiding at the time.
    • The depredators were, however, stunned with the courageous defiance by the Queen's soldiers.
    • Seeing the boy scudding away at such a rapid pace, he very naturally concluded him to be the depredator.
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