predator

About 1.70 uses per million words.

Meaning

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

Similar words

vulture marauder predatory animal predation predaceous predatory raptor shark cricket prey

Often followed by

and of is control in to or species avoidance

Word family

predators