Meaning

1 senses
  1. An animal atop the food chain, preying on another animals, and not itself preyed upon.

    Spitzenprädator

    сверххи́щникsverxxíščnik, вы́сший хи́щникvýsšij xíščnik, суперхи́щникsuperxíščnik

Examples

7 sentences
  1. Polar bears are the apex predators of the Arctic.

    Полярні ведмеді - топ-хижакі Арктики. — deniko

    deEisbären sind die Gipfelräuber der Arktis. — Yorwba

  2. When it comes to ground warfare, tanks remain the apex predators.

    deIm Bodenkrieg stehen Panzer weiterhin an der Spitze der Nahrungskette. — Yorwba

  3. Wolves are apex predators.

  4. Cats are not apex predators.

    deKatzen sind keine Spitzenprädatoren. — Yorwba · CC BY 2.0 FR

  5. In Tasmania, thylacines were the only marsupial apex predators.

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
an animal atop the food chain:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
an animal atop the food chain:

Origin

From apex + predator.

From apex + predator.

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Forms

plural: apex predators
Singularapex predator
Pluralapex predators

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
apex predator — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto