| 单词 |
depredator |
| 释义 |
depredator|ˈdɛprɪdeɪtə(r)| [a. L. dēprædātor, agent-n. from dēprædāre (see depredate); perh. immed. ad. F. déprédateur (14th c. in Hatzf., not in Cotgr. 1611, in Dict. Acad. 1798).] One who, or that which, preys upon or makes depredations; a ravager, plunderer, pillager.
1626Bacon Sylva §492 They be both great Depredatours of the Earth. 1646J. Hall Horæ Vac. 143 Hawking..is..a generous exercise, as well for variety of deprædators as preys. 1799–1805S. Turner Anglo-Sax. (1836) I. iii. i. 154 They had been but petty and partial depredators. 1814Scott Wav. xv, The depredators were twelve Highlanders. 1851Beck's Florist 100 If you should be annoyed by a small black insect..use every means to encourage the plants..by brushing the depredators from the points of the shoots. |

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