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predator

noun as in hunter, killer

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Each circular nest was likely tended by a parent fish guarding its eggs from predators.

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A long-held idea suggests that environmental pressures, such as predators, disease, and harsh weather, drive differences in male and female lifespan.

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The show takes on the perspectives of prey fighting for survival from predators.

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Conservationists were thrilled when the gray wolf returned to California after the apex predators were hunted to near extinction a century ago.

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"Conservatives voted against Labour's prisoner release program because it was putting predators back on our streets," she said on X.

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