predatorial

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English

Etymology

From Latin praedatori(us) + -al, equivalent to predator +‎ -ial.

Adjective

predatorial (comparative more predatorial, superlative most predatorial)

  1. predatory
    • 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 49:
      They tell us that the fresh waters at Hainin must have been substantial, for they included the remains of a large predatorial fish known as a bonytongue, or saratoga.