precursor
— Noun
– English
～ a person who goes before or announces the coming of another
precursor
— Noun
– English
～ a substance from which another substance is formed (especially by a metabolic reaction)
precursory
— Adjective
– English
～ warning of future misfortune
predaceous
— Adjective
– English
～ living by or given to victimizing others for personal gain; "predatory capitalists"; "a predatory, insensate society in which innocence and decency can prove fatal"- Peter S. Prescott; "a predacious kind of animal--the early geological gangster"- W.E.Swinton
predaceous
— Adjective
– English
～ hunting and killing other animals for food
predacious
— Adjective
– English
～ living by or given to victimizing others for personal gain; "predatory capitalists"; "a predatory, insensate society in which innocence and decency can prove fatal"- Peter S. Prescott; "a predacious kind of animal--the early geological gangster"- W.E.Swinton
predacious
— Adjective
– English
～ hunting and killing other animals for food
predate
— Verb
– English
～ prey on or hunt for; "These mammals predate certain eggs"
predate
— Verb
– English
～ be earlier in time; go back further; "Stone tools precede bronze tools"
predate
— Verb
– English
～ establish something as being earlier relative to something else
predate
— Verb
– English
～ come before; "Most English adjectives precede the noun they modify"
predation
— Noun
– English
～ the act of preying by a predator who kills and eats the prey
predation
— Noun
– English
～ an act of plundering and pillaging and marauding
predator
— Noun
– English
～ someone who attacks in search of booty
predator
— Noun
– English
～ any animal that lives by preying on other animals
predatory animal
— Noun
– English
～ any animal that lives by preying on other animals
predatory
— Adjective
– English
～ living by or given to victimizing others for personal gain; "predatory capitalists"; "a predatory, insensate society in which innocence and decency can prove fatal"- Peter S. Prescott; "a predacious kind of animal--the early geological gangster"- W.E.Swinton
predatory
— Adjective
– English
～ living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey; "a predatory bird"; "the rapacious wolf"; "raptorial birds"; "ravening wolves"; "a vulturine taste for offal"
predatory
— Adjective
– English
～ characterized by plundering or pillaging or marauding; "bands of marauding Indians"; "predatory warfare"; "a raiding party"
predecease
— Verb
– English
～ die before; die earlier than; "She predeceased her husband"