different between predator vs poacher

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

poach +? -er

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?po?.t??/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p??.t??/

Noun

poacher (plural poachers)

1. A person who trespasses in order to take game illegally, one who poaches; a person who illegally takes animals or plants from the wild.
2. A vessel with shallow cuplike compartments in which eggs are cooked over boiling water
3. (soccer) An attacker with good movement inside the penalty box, see Wikipedia:Goal poacher.
4. Any of type of elongated fish in the family Agonidae, also known as alligatorfish, starsnout, hooknose and rockhead.
5. (US, dialect) The American wigeon.

Derived terms

• poacher turned gamekeeper
• poacher's pie
• poacher's pot

Related terms

• poaching

Translations

Anagrams

• Pechora