PREDACEOUS

predaceous, predacious, predatory

(adjective) living by or given to victimizing others for personal gain; “predatory capitalists”; “a predatory, insensate society in which innocence and decency can prove fatal”- Peter S. Prescott; “a predacious kind of animal--the early geological gangster”- W.E.Swinton

predacious, predaceous

(adjective) hunting and killing other animals for food

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

predaceous (comparative more predaceous, superlative most predaceous)

Surviving by preying on other animals.

Source: Wiktionary


Pre*da"ceous, a. Etym: [L. praeda prey. See Prey.]

Definition: Living by prey; predatory. Derham.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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