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# predation

«predation» in Mova's school dictionary: **when one animal (a predator) hunts, kills and eats…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (predation — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

Predation is when one animal (a predator) hunts, kills and eats another animal (its prey). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/predation/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons on food chains and ecosystems, predation keeps the numbers of prey animals in balance; if predators disappear, prey can become too many. Animals avoid predation with camouflage, speed, shells, warning colours and living in groups. Conservation groups protect nests from predation by foxes or rats.

### examples

- Camouflage helps insects avoid predation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/predation/#x1)
- Predation by foxes is a danger to ground-nesting birds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/predation/#x2)
- Wolves control deer numbers through predation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/predation/#x3)
- Living in herds protects zebras from predation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/predation/#x4)
- Rats on the island caused heavy predation of seabird eggs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/predation/#x5)
- Predation is part of every food chain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/predation/#x6)

### note

Uncountable. Related: predator (the hunter), prey (the hunted), predatory (adjective). A formal science word.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «predation» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/predation/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.