- nounpredation (noun) · predations (plural noun)
- the preying of one animal on others:"an effective defense against predation"
- the action of attacking or plundering:"the old story of male predation and female vulnerability" · "the predations of would-be pirates"
Originlate 15th century (in the Latin sense): from Latin praedatio(n-) ‘taking of booty’, from the verb praedari ‘seize as plunder’, from praeda ‘booty’. The zoological sense dates from the 1930s. Predation | Definition, Examples, & Facts | Britannica
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WebPredation is a relationship in which members of one species (the predator) consume members of another species (the prey). A predator-prey relationship keeps the populations of both species in balance.
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WebJan 11, 2024 · Predation is a biological interaction where one organism, the predator, kills and eats another organism, its prey. It is one of a family of common feeding behaviors that includes parasitism and micropredation …
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WebJan 13, 2022 · Biology definition: A predation is a form of a symbiotic relationship between two organisms of unlike species in which one of them acts as a predator that captures and feeds on the other organism that …