predator
Any animal or other organism that hunts and kills other nonplant organisms (their prey), primarily for food.
Other meanings
Someone who attacks and plunders for gain.
A sexual predator.
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "praedātor".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “predator” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.