All 6 Uses of
predatory
in
Dune
- A predatory look filled the old woman's features.†
Book 1 *
- There was woodsmoke in the gray of his eyes, but the face was predatory: thin, full of sharp angles and planes.†
Book 1
- The predatory bird—he thought of it as the way of this desert.†
Book 2
- The jutting, predatory features were drawn into an intense frown.†
Book 3
- There was that same look of the predatory bird.†
Book 3
- They turned then to the necessary animal life — burrowing creatures to open the soil and aerate it: kit fox, kangaroo mouse, desert hare, sand terrapin …. and the predators to keep them in check: desert hawk, dwarf owl, eagle and desert owl; and insects to fill the niches these couldn't reach: scorpion, centipede, trapdoor spider, the biting wasp and the wormfly …. and the desert bat to keep watch on these.†
Book A1 -
Definition:
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(predator) of animals: living by hunting and eating other animals
of people or organizations: exploiting or victimizing others