apex predator

English

The lion is one of Africa's apex land predators.

apex +‎ predator

apex predator (plural apex predators)

An animal atop the food chain, preying but not prey.
- a. 2007, Martha Hiatt, quoted in, 2007, Wendell Jamieson, Father Knows Less, or, "Can I cook my sister?", Putnam, →ISBN, page 203,
  Killer whales are the oceans' apex predators, which means they are at the top of the food chain.
- 2017 April 2, Tim Carvell; Josh Gondelman; Dan Gurewitch; Jeff Maurer; Ben Silva; Will Tracy; Jill Twiss; Seena Vali; Julie Weiner, “Marijuana”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 4, episode 7, HBO, Warner Bros. Television:
  And marijuana is not a Schedule I any more than a hedgehog is an apex predator. “You’re not scaring anyone, Roland. Get a tattoo.”

an animal atop the food chain

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Chinese:
Mandarin: 頂級掠食者／顶级掠食者 (dǐngjí lüèshízhě)
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Dutch: toproofdier n
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Finnish: huippusaalistaja, huippupeto
French: superprédateur (fr) m
German: Spitzenprädator m
Greek: κορυφαίο αρπακτικό n (koryfaío arpaktikó)
Hebrew: טורף־על‎ m (toréf-al)
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Hungarian: csúcsragadozó
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Japanese: 頂点捕食者 (chōten hoshokusha)
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Norwegian:
Bokmål: toppkonsument m
Nynorsk: toppkonsument m
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Polish: drapieżnik szczytowy m, drapieżnik alfa m
Portuguese: superpredador m
Russian: сверххи́щник m (sverxxíščnik), вы́сший хи́щник m (výsšij xíščnik), суперхи́щник m (superxíščnik)
Spanish: superdepredador m
Swedish: toppkonsument (sv) c
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