Any animal or other organism that hunts and kills other non-plant organisms (their prey), primarily for food. / Someone who attacks and plunders for gain. / A sexual predator.

Any of several species of African assassin bugs, especially Platymeris rhadamanthus.

(ecology) That provides a defence against predation or predators

An animal atop the food chain, preying but not prey.

plural of predator bug

plural of sexual predator

(chiefly derogatory) A person who obtains, or tries to obtain, sexual contact in an abusive manner, and for that reason is seen as threatening.

plural of apex predator

(biology) A reproduction strategy where a prey species produces many individuals in a group or cohort at a time that overwhelms the effect of predation of individuals, by satiating all predators and still having a large population remaining to continue the species until the next reproduction event.

(biology, ethology) A carnivorous animal that prefers to capture or trap prey by stealth or strategy, rather than by speed or strength.