predaceous

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Birds and predaceous insects often manage small populations but there may be times you decide to intercede.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 6, 2024

The heroine�a predaceous, flinthearted little heel, a kind of sister to John O'Hara's Pal Joey�is too harshly drawn for this kind of jamboree, too poorly drawn to rise above it.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mention of the word party brings to Ouida Berg�re's baby brown eyes a weird, predaceous glitter.

From Time Magazine Archive

In nature it is kept in check by various predators such as ladybugs, a gall midge, predaceous mites and several pirate bugs, all of them extremely sensitive to insecticides.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

Just because you’ve called something a spider once doesn’t mean that the next time you have to call it an arachnid or a predaceous eight-legged creepy-crawly.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner