predator
Example Sentences
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“It keeps out predators like mongoose and rats.”
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"Life was cheap in this ecosystem and the lives of predators such as the Allosaurus were likely fueled by the consumption of these baby sauropods."
From Science Daily
Some tracks may belong to meat eating predators, others to plant eating dinosaurs, and some have even raised questions about whether early bird species were involved.
From Science Daily
“They have a rare species of sea urchin that you find nowhere else in the Archipelago. The spines are a foot long, and they turn red in the presence of predators.”
From Literature
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However, scientists still know very little about how these predators manage to catch prey in a marine environment.
From Science Daily
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