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predator (n.)
[predator 词源字典]
1862, from Latin
praedator
"plunderer," from
praedari
"to rob" (see
predation
). Originally
Predatores
(Swainson, 1840) used of insects that ate other insects.
[predator etymology, predator origin, 英语词源]