Both Uses of
predatory
in
Oryx and Crake
- If things had gone as Crake wanted, there would be no more such killing — no more human predation — but he'd reckoned without Snowman and his beastly appetites.†
p. 101.3 *
- The rakunks and pigoons imagine large predators.†
p. 155.0
Definitions:
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(1)
(predator) of animals: living by hunting and eating other animals
of people or organizations: exploiting or victimizing others -
(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Less commonly, predator can refer to a type of military drone.