different between predator vs antiworm

English

Alternative forms

• prædator (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin praed?tor, from praedor (“loot, pillage”), from praeda (“booty, spoils, prey”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?p??d.?.t??/

Noun

predator (plural predators)

1. Any animal or other organism that hunts and kills other organisms (their prey), primarily for food.
2. Someone who attacks and plunders for gain.
3. A sexual predator.

Related terms

• predation
• predatory
• prey

Translations

Anagrams

• parroted, prorated, protrade, rope dart, teardrop

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin praedator.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pr?da?tor/
• Hyphenation: pre?da?tor

Noun

prèd?tor m (Cyrillic spelling ?????????)

1. predator

Declension

English

Etymology

anti- +? worm

Adjective

antiworm (not comparable)

1. Preventing or countering worms.

   antiworm medicine

2. Opposite to the usual movements or behaviour of a worm (in studies of predators and prey).

   an antiworm stimulus

3. (computing) Countering or preventing worms (self-replicating programs).

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