'Predaceous' definitions:

Definition of 'predaceous'

From: WordNet
adjective
Hunting and killing other animals for food [syn: predacious, predaceous]
adjective
Living by or given to victimizing others for personal gain; "predatory capitalists"; "a predatory, insensate society in which innocence and decency can prove fatal"- Peter S. Prescott; "a predacious kind of animal--the early geological gangster"- W.E.Swinton [syn: predaceous, predacious, predatory]

Definition of 'Predaceous'

From: GCIDE
  • Predaceous \Pre*da"ceous\, a. [L. praeda prey. See Prey.] Living by prey; predatory. --Derham. [1913 Webster]