predator

Example Sentences

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Maasai herders in Kenya and Tanzania are paid around $600 for each cow killed by predators, on the condition that no predators are killed in retaliation, according to conservationists.

From The Wall Street Journal

With them go their predators, the jaguars, ocelots and—yes—anacondas.

From The Wall Street Journal

While this is unexpected good news for these Arctic predators, the researchers think it is unlikely to last.

From BBC

The mites' tendency to latch onto juvenile spiders suggests opportunistic behavior, since younger spiders are more exposed to parasites and predators.

From Science Daily

“For over a decade, these three brothers, the defendants, masqueraded as party boys when really they were predators,” said prosecutor Madison Smyser.

From The Wall Street Journal