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orchidaceous (iou) and predation (sh)


orchidaceous (iou)



orchidaceous adjective. M19.
[from mod. Latin Orchidaceae (see below): see ORCHID-, -ACEOUS.]
Of or pertaining to the Orchidaceae or orchid family. M19.
fig. Resembling an orchid, esp. in flamboyancy or exoticness. M19.
R. Le Gallienne The simple old type of manhood is lost long since in endless orchidaceous variation.
orchidacity noun flamboyancy, exoticness L19.

predation (sh)




Form of Food getting in which one animal, the predator, eats an animal of another species, the prey, immediately after killing it or, in some cases, while it is still alive.

Most predators are generalists; they eat a variety of prey species. Specialist predators, such as anteaters, eat only one or a few prey species. Cannibalism is a type of predation in which an animal eats another of its own species. Seed consumption is also considered predation because the entire living embryo of a plant is destroyed.