predator
Example Sentences
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These are long, often perilous journeys, where the birds navigate through storms and evade predators, while looking for the ideal spot to spend the night.
From BBC
Yet most of that life is made up of very small organisms, raising a long-standing question about why large predators would linger there for so long.
From Science Daily
There are few places in the world better suited to deer than modern Britain with its mild climate, open countryside, no animal apex predators and few human hunters.
From BBC
That animal outside your cave could be harmless — or a predator; the survival of the species depends on assuming the worst and taking precautions.
From MarketWatch
It helps protect ants from predators, drying out, and disease, and it provides structural support for their muscles.
From Science Daily
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