Usually means: Consumption of one organism by another.
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  1. predation: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. predation: Merriam-Webster
  3. predation: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. predation: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. predation: Collins English Dictionary
  6. predation: Vocabulary.com
  7. Predation, predation: Wordnik
  8. predation: Wiktionary
  9. predation: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. predation: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. predation: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Predation, predation: Dictionary.com
  13. predation: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Predation: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Predation: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. predation: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. predation: Rhymezone
  18. Predation: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. predation: FreeDictionary.org
  20. predation: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. predation: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. predation: Legal dictionary

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  1. predation: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
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  2. predation: Medical dictionary

Science (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Tree of Life Glossary (No longer online)
  2. On-Line Biology Book: GLOSSARY (No longer online)
  3. predation: Evolution Glossary

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noun:  (zoology) The preying of one animal on others.
noun:  (obsolete) The action of attacking or plundering.

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