mesopredator

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A medium-sized predator which often increases in abundance when larger predators are eliminated.
    — Raccoons, skunks, snakes, cats, and foxes are mesopredators.

词形变化

mesopredators plural

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *me
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-?
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe
Proto-Indo-European *médʰi
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos
Proto-Hellenic *métsos
Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos)der.
English meso-
English predator
English mesopredator
From meso- + predator.
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