PREDATION - Definition

Pronunciation:		pri'deyshun
WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] the act of preying by a predator who kills and eats the prey [n] an act of plundering and pillaging and marauding

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	Synonyms:	depredation

	See Also:	hunt, hunting, pillage, pillaging, plundering

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Pre*da"tion\, n. [L. praedatio, fr. praedari to plunder.] The act of pillaging. --E. Hall.

Biology Dictionary

	Definition:	A type of organism-organism interaction where one species feeds on another species (or rarely, on a member of the same species). In general, the predator species that does the feeding benefits from this relationship, while the prey species which gets eaten is harmed by the relationship.